The 26-year-old has been granted an extended holiday after Chile's victorious Copa America campaign and will not return to training until Aug. 3
Arsene Wenger has confirmed Alexis Sanchez will miss the Community Shield and start of Arsenal’s Premier League campaign.
The Gunners’ league season begins at home to West Ham on Aug. 9 - seven days after they face Chelsea in the Community Shield at Wembley.
Sanchez helped guide Chile to victory in the Copa America earlier this summer and his extended holiday means that he has not traveled with the rest of Arsenal’s squad for its preseason tour of the Far East.