The Chilean's future remains
a source of rampant speculation but his team-mate hopes he can opt to remain at
Emirates Stadium
Shkodran Mustafi is hopeful Alexis Sanchez will remain at
Arsenal but admits he has no idea what his team-mate's next move will be.
Star
forward Sanchez has been heavily linked with a move away from Emirates Stadium
to Manchester City, while Bayern Munich has also been flagged as another
potential destination for his talents. Mustafi faced off against the Chile
forward when Germany drew 1-1 with the Copa America holders in the
Confederations Cup on Thursday, Sanchez opening the scoring before Lars Stindl
levelled for Die Mannschaft.
The new contract purported to be on the table for the
28-year-old was not a topic of discussion for the duo in Kazan and Mustafi
concedes he and his other colleagues are in much the same helpless position as
the Arsenal fanbase at this moment in time.
"I
have no idea. Obviously the other players cannot make that decision, he has to
make that decision," the centre-back told Omnisport after Germany booked a semi-final tie
against Mexico with a 3-1 win over 10-man Cameroon in Sochi.
"I'm
not too much involved. I hope he stays because he is a really brilliant
football player but there's nothing in my hands that I can do."
FIFA's Video Assistant Referee system was again
under the microscope at Fisht Stadium on Sunday, with Cameroon defender Ernest
Mabouka having his high lunge on Emre Can punished by a red card on review,
although referee Wilmar Roldan initially gave midfielder Sebastien Siani his
marching orders before being informed of his error as confusion reigned. Mustafi
was an unused substitute and counted himself as one of the perplexed masses.
"I
don't know what was going on. I don't want to get involved too much in that
because I didn't see what the referee saw on the TV," he explained,
echoing a stance often famously taken by his club boss Arsene Wenger
"I didn't see the
situation so it's difficult for me to get involved in that."
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