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Arsenal could have tied Sanchez to a new 5 year deal then sold him a year later, but chances are that they would also have had to pay Sanchez a hefty loyalty bonus.
I suspect Liverpool have paid a decent chunk to Coutinho as well as I don't believe there were any reports of an official transfer request.
Letting a player run his contract down may lose you some income in terms of the fee, but it also gets you out of that bonus payment.
He was set to sign a new contract before the 1st Bayern match in Feb last year but cause they lost 5-1 he changed his mind