LONDON: Arsene Wenger insists Arsenal are ready to go on a sustained winning streak after finally blocking out the distractions of a turbulent transfer window. The Gunners’ dynamic display was a well-timed rebuttal to the critics who claimed the imminent sale of Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United would ruin their already troubled season. Wenger expects Chile forward Sanchez to join United in the next 48 hours, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan ready to move in the opposite direction to Arsenal from Old Trafford. “What is very difficult is for the first time in January we were losing one of our big players,” Wenger said. “I didn’t take him because there is a question of him moving to Manchester United and you cannot drive up north and as well play football,” Wenger said.

Source: New Strait Times January 21, 2018 00:56 UTC