Arsenal dealt Sanchez injury blow
Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez will miss at least two weeks with an abdominal strain picked up before last weekend's Community Shield win over Chelsea.
Sanchez returned late to pre-season training with the Gunners due to his commitments at the Confederations Cup with Chile and will now have his start to the new Premier League campaign delayed.
He will certainly miss Saturday's (AEST) opener at home to Leicester City while Wenger confirmed he is also likely to sit out the trip to Stoke City a week later.
"Alexis Sanchez is out for a while. He has an abdominal strain and could be out for one or two weeks," Wenger said.
"He will not play against Stoke."
Wenger addressed Sanchez's ongoing transfer saga and suggested that Paris Saint-German has dropped its interest in the Chilean in order to pursue a deal for Monaco star Kylian Mabppe.
"I think if you read the French papers they are on Mbappe's case to finish their transfer market," he said.
"That's what I read in the papers and on my side I had no contact at all with Paris Saint-Germain [about Sanchez]."
Wenger remains determined to keep Sanchez at Arsenal, after he scored 30 goals in all competitions last term and says the club will not be tempted into a late-window sale.
"It's always possible when players are in final year of contract [to renew]," the Frenchman added.
"We will try to extend the contract. There's no reason why we shouldn't do it but we are not there yet.
"I think we are not open to any offers anyway."
