Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez reveals his dog's names are written inside his boots

Tom Doyle9 December 2016

Any Arsenal fan worth their salt knows by now that Alexis Sanchez's best friends are his dogs Atom and Humber.

The forward is in the best form of his Arsenal career playing as a lone striker with 13 goals in all competitions, and the Chile star has revealed that as well as helping him relax away from the game, Atom and Humber are always with him whenever he's on the pitch - in his football boots, to be exact.

"I have their names written in my football boots," he told Arsenal's official website. "Atom's name is in the right one and Humber's is in the left shoe.

"My dogs are very special for me. I appreciate their positive energy, especially after I have played a football game.

"Sharing my time with them makes me feel relaxed. I talk to them even though they have no clue about what I say!

"They are great friends. They have been together since they were very young and they get on with each other really well.

"Whenever we play away I leave Atom and Humber with my friends. I miss them a lot because they give me a lot of positive vibrations.

"They look at me with shiny eyes when I wake up every morning, I just love the fact they want to play with me all the time."

If Sanchez and his dogs are happy, then so are Arsenal. The fans will just want him to get round to signing a new long-term contract now...

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