Wednesday, 28 June 2017

Manchester City confident of signing Alexis Sánchez from Arsenal

• Sánchez keen to play under his former Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola
• Dani Alves set to join City after terminating contract at Juventus

Manchester City are increasingly confident of signing Alexis Sánchez, despite Arsenal’s reluctance to sell, because of the forward’s desire to play under Pep Guardiola, with the potential fee in the region of £50m.

Although Arsène Wenger is minded against allowing his finest player to leave, he is aware of Sánchez’s desire to join City. If the Arsenal manager does not sanction a sale this summer he faces losing Sánchez in 12 months on a free.

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