Sanchez was left out at Bournemouth as his future remains in doubt but Wenger could bring him back against the Eagles after he trained with the first team on Friday morning.

A deal remains in the pipeline but Arsenal boss Wenger has praised his ongoing professionalism.

“His attitude has been outstanding with us," he said.

“He was in training on Wednesday, fully committed and prepared 100 per cent. One thing you cannot question about Alexis Sanchez is his professionalism and his commitment.”

Jose Mourinho this afternoon said he calm about Sanchez's proposed move to Manchester United and confirmed Henrikh Mkhitaryan will not feature at Burnley while negotiations continue.

United were unable to complete the formalities of Sanchez's switch from Arsenal by the midday deadline on Friday in order for him to be available to make his debut at Turf Moor on Saturday.

On the latest with Sanchez, Mourinho said: "Nothing new, I think clearly everybody knows that we are there and especially when Arsenal's manager speaks so clearly like he did there is no point in trying to hide or to deny.

"But (it's) not done, not done at all, so in this moment Mkhitaryan's our player, Sanchez's an Arsenal player and with a match tomorrow I want to switch off and focus what is the most important thing, which is the match."

Asked if the deal was dependant on Mkhitaryan moving to north London as well, Mourinho replied: "I don't know.

"Sometimes people think transfers involve a lot the managers in the negotiations, I think it depends on the profile of the club, on the way we establish our jobs and in my case when it goes to the table of negotiations I like to be out, I am out and I will just calmly waiting for news, no more than that."

Mkhitaryan was left out of the United squad that faced Stoke on Monday due to the uncertainty over his future and Mourinho confirmed he would be absent at Burnley too.

"No, not selected," he added. "But in very good condition, training really well and in good conditions like the others."