Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has confirmed that striker Alexis Sanchez will not leave the club this summer.
The Chile international has been heavily linked with Bayern Munich and Manchester City last month.
But the Frenchman - who confirmed interest in Kylian Mbappe - is convinced that the 28-year-old will be an important player in his setup next season.
"That's a question I didn't expect today!" Wenger joked.
"The pressure starts again - the first press conference and we are there! We'll see. The players have contracts and we expect them to respect their contracts, and that's what we want. It's a continuity of what I said at the end of last season. That's what we will do.
"The easiest way to manage a player in the final year of their contract is in his interest to do as well as he can.
"Nobody knows today if Alexis will be in the final year of his contract this season, because he can extend as well with us at the start of the season or during the season, so it is not necessarily the last year of his contract at Arsenal Football Club.
"[Mbappe?] He's a player who, when he gets up in the morning, can chose where he wants to go.
"There are not many players with that kind of luck because he's 18 years of age and all of Europe has a red carpet open for him.
"Nobody can say he is not interested in a player of that calibre, all the clubs are interested in him."
