Arsenal have agreed in principle to accept Manchester City’s \u00a360million offer for Alexis Sanchez.<\/p>\n
City tabled a second bid for the Chilean international at lunchtime after having their opening gambit of \u00a350million rejected by the Gunners yesterday.<\/p>\n
It is understood that the increased offer \u2013 which will see City pay \u00a355million up front and another \u00a35million in add-ons \u2013 is deemed acceptable by Arsenal.<\/p>\n
But the London club are waiting to see if their \u00a390million offer for Monaco’s Thomas Lemar is accepted before doing a deal with the Manchester club.<\/p>\n
Pep Guardiola made Sanchez a priority target when he accepted City’s offer to become their manager early in 2016.<\/p>\n
Arsenal were unwilling to do business last summer \u2013 but Sanchez has allowed his contract to tick down into its final year and the Gunners face losing the forward for nothing at the end of the season.<\/p>\n
Arsene Wenger wanted Raheem Sterling included in a deal for Sanchez \u2013 but that idea was knocked back immediately by Guardiola.<\/p>\n
Arsenal then set the bar for the former Barcelona star at \u00a370million, but know that they faced being left with an unhappy player who would join City for free next year.<\/p>\n
Arsenal have been desperate to keep Sanchez out of the clutches of a Premier League rival.<\/p>\n
But the 28-year-old priced himself out of moves to Bayern Munich and Paris St Germain by demanding wages in excess of \u00a3400,000-a-week.<\/p>\n
City’s package will be worth \u00a3300,000-a-week \u2013 less than what Sanchez could have earned at the Emirates \u2013 but it will be bolstered by a lucrative raft of bonuses.<\/p>\n
City, meanwhile, have agreed a \u00a3170,000 fee with Borussia Dortmund for Jadon Sancho.<\/p>\n
The teenage winger has not been turning up for training after demanding a move away from the club, but City don’t want him to join Manchester United, Arsenal or Tottenham.<\/p>\n
They have now done a cut-price deal with Dortmund, but Sancho still has to agree personal terms.<\/p>\n
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Source: Mirror.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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