A DAY AFTER it was reported by several UK media outlets that Chelsea had agreed a £35m fee to sign Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain from Arsenal, Alexis Sanchez has once more been linked with the exit door.
According to John Cross in The Mirror, Manchester City have made a cash-plus-Raheem Sterling offer for Alexis Sanchez, with just two days remaining until the transfer window closes.
Sterling has started the season well for Pep Guardiola’s side, scoring the equaliser at home to Everton and a late, late winner at Bournemouth on Saturday.
Were he to join Arsenal as part of a Sanchez deal or otherwise, he’d be suspended for their 9 September fixture at home to the latter, having received a second yellow card for celebrating his 97th minute winner with City’s travelling fans at Dean Court.
BREAKING: Man City have made a player-plus-cash offer for Alexis Sanchez involving Raheem Sterling. More on @MirrorFootball
— John Cross (@johncrossmirror) August 29, 2017
Arsenal have insisted all summer that Sanchez is not for sale, risking losing him for nothing next summer when his contract expires. It has been suggested that they’d consider a bid in the region of £70m, but City are as of yet unwilling to part ways with such a sum, and believe a part-exchange deal may be their best option.
Cross notes that it remains unlikely Arsenal will sanction the sale of their Chilean talisman.
Big story. City prepared to lose a young, 'home-grown' player to land 28-year-old overseas player https://t.co/SJv3jL3ov0
— Mark Ogden (@MarkOgden_) August 29, 2017
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Brilliant!
Good move for Keiran Westwood maybe?
Doubt it very much, He’ll be warming the bench for a new keeper from Serie A, or else playing for a midtable championship club next season.
Pepe hasn’t been at his best in the last few seasons. Some serious competition coming in will really make him earn his place between the sticks. I feel bad for Brad Jones but very happy with the move overall.
I’d say reina will go.
Apparently he’s on 110k a week. Can’t see rogers spending 9 million on a keeper to be on the bench and reina’s wages are too high for him to be a sub either
Reina won’t be there.
Google pics of brad jones’ missus and you won feel so bad trust me
Cheerio Pepe
Cant imagine Kopites copying another team’s chant word for word, they’re a bit stuffy about that sort of thing.
The reason pepe has been bad because he has had no competition the last few years and knew that his place in the team was safe wheater he leaves or not is up to him but he should stay and win back the hearts of the fans