Why the attitude difference between Alexis Sanchez and his teammates is the REAL reason he will leave The Emirates

As Sanchez ponders his next move, it seems more and more he is being held back by a team still stuck in a perpetual cycle of mediocrity

Alexis Sanchez is cut from a different cloth to his Arsenal teammates - and it's beginning to show (Photo: Warren Little)
It was a contrast that told you everything you need to know about Arsenal.
One goalscorer theatrically leaping into the air to celebrate an equaliser against Bournemouth.
The other slamming his gloves into the turf in frustration at yet another missed opportunity in a title race still there for the taking.
You can forget the money or the trophies, it is the difference in attitude between Alexis Sanchez and his teammates that will see him leave Arsenal.
Sanchez is a wonderful footballer, a supremely gifted footballer, that clearly deserves better than a year-after-year chase for fourth place.
And it's beginning to show.
Even in the win over Crystal Palace at the weekend, Sanchez couldn't help wearing his heart on his sleeve, couldn't help showing everyone at Arsenal how much he wants it, how much he wants more from this season and from those around him.
Body language like that has become more commonplace this year for a man usually so positive in everything he does.
Clearly, he deserves a tilt at the title, a chance to decide the biggest games and the destination of the Premier League.
That is why Olivier Giroud ran to the corner flag in ecstasy and leapt, scorpion heels aloft, into a clearly choreographed celebration of a 92nd equaliser at Bournemouth.
As far as Eddie Howe's Cherries have come - and they really have and were worthy of at least a point after a brilliant performance on Tuesday night - Arsenal should be winning against them.
If they want to end their infamous 12-year title drought, they have to be winning against them.
To celebrate a last-gasp equaliser isn't criminal of course. To do it like that is.
A visibly incredulous Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain knew the score, screaming at his French teammate to return to the centre circle and chase the winner that would have truly capped a real title contenders' comeback.
But him and Sanchez are too few in a team and squad happy to just do ok.
And that will be the thought eating away at the Chilean as he decides on his next move.
Not the riches on offer in far flung places, not the guaranteed silverware available in others.
It's that attitude that ok is good enough, that fourth is good enough, that a draw at Bournemouth, no matter how dramatic, is good enough.
That is what will see him walk away if he does indeed choose to.
Could any Arsenal fan in their true hearts really blame him if he decides to?