Five things we learned from Arsenal in 2016

Alexis Sanchez is indispensable

Especially this half of the year, the Chilean has been majestic for Arsenal. Sanchez has been instrumental in much of Arsenal’s success both with and without the ball.

We knew the 28 year-old was extremely talented when he made his £35million switch from Barcelona in 2014. However, the forward has flourished at Arsenal and stepped up his performances this campaign cemented himself as amongst the world’s best.

His contract situation is forever highly documented – which leads us onto our next point.