The Welshman will
join Juventus for nothing this summer, signing a deal worth a reported
£400,000-a-week, after failing to agree fresh terms with the Gunners.
The club are keen
to tie star strikers Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexandre Lacazette down to
new deals – and Sanllehi says players will be sold if they refuse to sign new
contracts.
He told the club's
official website: “At the end of the day, the problem [with Ramsey], the real
essence of the problem, was that we had reached the last year of the contract.
“One of our
priorities is not to get to the last year of contracts.
“This is the
example. This is the reason why.
“If you really
want to keep that player, you need to renew him before getting to the last year
of the contract because you are putting yourself in a very weak position.
“We cannot get to
the last year of the contract. If we cannot get a renewal before that, then we
may have to sell.”