AS Monaco: Last season’s dark horse and Thomas Lemar their finest Knight
AS Monaco were last year’s dark horse as they took the world by surprise and won Ligue 1 and also made it to the semi finals of the UEFA Champions League losing to Juventus in the semis. Thomas Lemar was one of their finest players who led from the front.

Monaco eliminated Premier League giants Manchester City and Bundesliga giants Dortmund to reach the semis.
They achieved all of this because of the hard work of their players and coach. As soon as the transfer window opened, other clubs came in seeking reinforcements to swoop their players away.
They lost a lot of good players this window and managed to replace some of them.
Arsenal were also pursuing one of their wingers, Thomas Lemar. Arsenal man Alexis Sanchez was on the last 12 months of his contract and it seemed as he had no intentions of signing a new contract.

PSG, Bayern Munich and Manchester City were few of the Premier League giants chasing the 28 year old Chilean. PSG signed Neymar and since then their interest in the Chilean seemed to have cooled down. Bayern made no official bid. Manchester City emerged as the top contenders to sign the Chilean.
Alexis Sanchez was also keen on joining the Manchester club as he was seeking a reunion with his former boss Pep Guardiola. The duo had previously worked together at FC Barcelona.
Arsene Wenger had no intentions of letting the Chilean go but when Wenger had done everything in his power to make the Chilean stay and Sanchez still didn’t want to stay, then Wenger gave in.

Wenger agreed to let him go if they could find a suitable replacement for the Chilean. Julian Draxler and Thomas Lemar were two players deemed suitable to replace the 28 year old Chilean forward.
Arsenal made a record £92m bid for Thomas Lemar which was accepted by the club. But Wenger revealed that France international rejected a move to Arsenal as he decided to stay at the Ligue 1 club.

Monaco Vice president told TASS(Russian news agency) the following:
It was not easy. Thomas wanted to go to Arsenal and to Liverpool, but we had discussions and we took a communal decision so that he could stay here,
He is a very important player for us. We could not have sold him, it would have affected the entire team and the individuals
Arsene Wenger will try to sign him again but they will face competition from Liverpool for the winger. Why Wenger is so keen on signing the winger? Have a look for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh-Z5oJYhvI
Who wouldn’t want him in their team?
We hope we can sign him whether Sanchez leaves or not. ')}