His first option is to stay. But not if he is not wanted.
Have you talked to him?
We dont know what his first option is, neither do the media. There are only two persons in the world who knows what Alexis Sanchez wants and thats Alexis Sanchez himself and his agent.
Im just saying, you need to look at it from different perspectives as well rather than going mad at the management and board.....
I'd love to have Alexis stay as well, but if he wants to leave or if Lucho wants to replace him with Suarez, it will most likely happen anyway and while giving so much money for LS + Alexis looks bad right now, it could prove to be great business for both players, Alexis will get a club where he'll be a starter, a team that plays to his strenght and Suarez can contribute and improve our team, all the controversies and extra baggage aside.
If AS indeed leaves for LS, then I'll reserve my judgement till the latter has played a substantial amount of games for us.