Alexis Sanchez is close to completing his move from Manchester United to Arsenal, Press Association Sport understands. Alexis Sanchez is close to completing his move from Manchester United to Arsenal, Press Association Sport understands. Reports suggest Sanchez will earn close to £500,000 per week at Old Trafford, including bonuses and image rights. Jose Mourinho's Manchester United were prepared to pay more than Manchester City for Sanchez Prior to that he had been expected to join Manchester City, who had a deal worth up to £60million accepted for Sanchez last August but could not complete a deal on transfer deadline day. Henrikh Mkhitaryan had a spell out of favour at Old Trafford Sanchez has scored 80 goals in 166 appearances since joining Arsenal from Barcelona in 2014.

Source: Irish Independent January 22, 2018 16:41 UTC