Arsenal News: Wenger and players at Wembley, Sanchez injury, £12.6m deal as Barca dally

Arsenal's Laurent Koscielny and Hugo Lloris of Spurs (right) sing the Marseillaise at Wembley

NEWS NEWS BLOG SPORT brings you all the latest news from the Emirates.

 

Arsene Wenger and a number of the Arsenal squad were at Wembley tonight for England's friendly match with France.

The game kicked off in the shadow of last Friday's terror attacks in Paris, in which 129 people died.

Players Kieron Gibbs and Laurent Koscielny started the match, while fellow Gunner Olivier Giroud was on the bench and manager Arsene Wenger watched on from the stands.

Before kick off supporters from both sides sang the French national anthem and held a minute's silence in homage to the victims of Friday's attack.

 

Arsene Wenger was in the stands for England's friendly with France tonight

Alexis Sanchez is a doubt for Arsenal's trip to West Brom on Saturday after suffering a knock on international duty.

Sky Sports claim Sanchez is already unlikely to play in Chile's World Cup qualifier with Uruguay on Tuesday because of a calf injury.

He played a full 90 minutes in Chile's 1-1 home draw with Colombia last Thursday and is said to have been struggling with the knock ever since.

Chile manager Jorge Sampaoli said: "Alexis has a pain in his calf and we will wait for him until the last minute to see if he is ready to play."

 

In transfer news, Arsenal are set to bid £12.6million for Celta Vigo winger Nolito and believe they can capture him ahead of Barcelona.

That is according to Spanish newspaper AS, who claim Barca's interest in the playmaker has waned over recent weeks.

Nolito, 29, is just one of a number of midfielders Barca are trailing as they prepare to spend in January once their transfer embargo is lifted.

The ace has scored seven goals in 11 appearances for Vigo this season.