Alexis Sanchez says Arsenal underachieved last season
Posted Wednesday, June 10, 2015 by theguardian.com
Alexis Sanchez has said that Arsenal should have achieved more last season despite finishing third in the league and winning the FA Cup.
''It was an OK season, but it was bittersweet,” said Sanchez, currently on international duty with Chile who are hosting the Copa America.
''I would have liked to have been in the Champions League final, to have won the Premier League title,” he said ahead of Chile’s opener against Ecuador on Friday. “I believe we have a bunch of skilful players so to not achieve more is disappointing.”
Sanchez scored 25 goals for the Gunners after signing in a £30m deal from Barcelona last summer, including a superb strike in the 4-0 FA Cup final win over Aston Villa at Wembley.
''I had a breakthrough in my football life. Now I switch to the left, I make goals, I pass, I am evolving,” said Sanchez. And if I am put in at centre-forward, I will do it in the best way possible and I am fit to play.”
Sanchez’s team-mate Joel Campbell could be moving in the opposite direction with David Moyes’s Real Sociedad showing an interest.
When asked about Campbell, the Real Sociedad president, Jokin Aperribay, told the Spanish TV station Teledonosti: “He is an interesting player for La Real.
''However, at this time there is no negotiation regarding a transfer. We have to analyse the financial conditions that this transfer would pose.”
Campbell joined Arsenal in the summer of 2011 but has made just four appearances for the Gunners since. The 22-year-old forward has spent three seasons out on loan at Lorient, Real Betis and Olympiakos and has played on loan in La Liga for Villarreal for the past six months.
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