Hmmmm,yes i agree with Arsene on the fact that Luis and Alexis have some things in common,but the question is are they similar in the areas that matters most?
Like Suarez's breathtaking goal poaching abilities,the answer for me is no,but in terms of working hard for the team,and possibly creating goals ability i think there,they are both similar.What do you think?You agree or disagree with me on this?Continue for what Arsene said.
"It is natural to him [Alexis]," he told reporters. "Every day he wants to go out, wants the ball. He doesn't walk out, he runs out.
"He has a natural level of energy that is unbelievable. You would love everyone to have it but it does not work like that.
"I said many times: when you see where he comes from, where he was born, and you think he finishes at Barcelona and Arsenal, you need something special, or it does not work.
"There are similarities. Suarez sometimes gave the ball to the opponent but he wins it back straightaway. Sanchez is the same. There is no time between offence and defence. They are very quick as well."
Alexis has joined a long list of South American forwards to have thrived in the Premier League, with Suarez, Sergio Aguero and Carlos Tevez all having found the net with regularity when in England.
And Wenger believes European countries could learn from the way in which strikers are developed in South America, with academy sides bringing through fewer top-class goalscorers.
"It's true if we look across Europe and the world of football, then South America is the only continent to develop strikers today," he added.
"If you look across Europe, where are the strikers from? You will see that at least 80 per cent come from South America.
"So we have to question ourselves what can we add to our academies to develop strikers again.
"If you look at the 1960s and 1970s in England - even when I arrived in 1996 - in every club you had strikers.
And I mean strikers - strikers that could head the ball. They were on every cross. We have less now."
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