LONDON (Reuters) - The drawn out transfer saga of Alexis Sanchez is nearing a conclusion, Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Saturday, and his team's demolition of Crystal Palace suggested that they might be able to get by without their Chilean forward. Arsenal swept Palace away with four goals in a blistering first 22 minutes. Wenger joked that while he had been tempted to select Sanchez, the logistics of transfers made his inclusion more difficult. Wenger did not comment on speculation linking Arsenal to Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang as a possible Sanchez replacement. Yet even without new reinforcements, Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson said that Arsenal had a team that could punish anyone, regardless of Sanchez's absence.

Source: The Star January 20, 2018 19:30 UTC