The old kissing of the club badge has become something of an issue in football these days, mainly because a lot of fans feel that the huge amounts of money that now floods in with TV deals, shirt sponsors and all sorts of commercial deals have generally eroded the loyalty of players and also because a spot of badge kissing is often followed quickly by a transfer to another club.
However, I would be very surprised to find out that this was the case with the Chile international star Alexis Sanchez, because the talk of a possible move has been going on all summer but now appears to be over, so why would he choose and open training session in front of around 5,000 Arsenal fans to kiss the crest on his shirt and basically tell us all that he loves the club and is going to stay, as reported by The Telegraph.
Surely the 28-year old striker would be well aware of hos this gesture will be taken by Arsenal fans everywhere, so with Arsene Wenger also affirming once again that Alexis will not be sold to a Premier League rival and with PSG having completed the mega money signing of Neymar from Barcelona,, was the badge kiss from Sanchez merely intended to keep the fans on side as he knows he will be playing in front of us all season?
Bob.