Monaco accepted their bid. They had enough time. Teams leave it later every window. You’ve got this one a little backwards.
You don't go chasing Lemar when there's 3 hours left before the window closes and he's about to play for France, giving him no time whatsoever so sign a new deal for a new team, playing in another country. There's more then just a signature on piece of paper that has to be taken into consideration here.
There's the entire human aspect of it all that gets thrown out the window too easily by fans IMO.
City wanted Sanchez from the second the window opened and vice-versa. Wenger didn't pull the trigger and Monaco's price went up every second the window was getting older.
It's same old same old from Arsenal and it's definitely time for a change. I seriously hope we miss out on a top #4 spot and lose both Ozil and Sanchez for nothing, that way we'd get a new bench boss and a new direction... something this club desperately needs.