Bola.com, Manchester - Manchester United dikabarkan akan segera mendapatkan tanda tangan striker Arsenal, Alexis Sanchez. Seperti apa tawaran Setan Merah sehingga mampu menarik minat bintang asal Cile tersebut.
Alexis Sanchez berniat hengkang dari Emirates Stadium sejak musim panas 2017. Namun, ketika itu, proses transfernya ke Manchester City gagal terealisasi pada menit-menit terakhir.
Satu di antara penyebabnya adalah kegagalan Arsenal mendatangkan pemain muda AS Monaco, Thomas Lemar, yang diproyeksikan sebagai pengganti. Padahal, saat itu, Manchester City siap menggelontorkan dana 60 juta pounds.
Kini, Manchester United justru mengeluarkan biaya lebih sedikit, yakni 30 juta pounds. Namun, beberapa penawaran dan klausul menarik ditengarai menjadi kunci menarik minat Sanchez.
Berikut ini adalah detail proposal penawaran yang diajukan Manchester United untuk merekrut Alexis Sanchez, seperti dilansir Mirror, Minggu (14/1/2018):
Manchester United diberitakan siap menggelontorkan dana 30 juta pounds untuk merekrut Alexis Sanchez. Jumlah ini 10 juta pounds lebih sedikit dari tawaran yang diajukan skuat asuhan Pep Guardiola.
Akan tetapi, satu di antara pertimbangan besar Arsenal bakal menerima tawaran tersebut lantaran Manchester United siap memasukkan nama Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Spekulasi kepergian sang bintang Cile dari Emirates makin kuat setelah ia tidak dilibatkan dalam laga melawan Bournemouth. OLEH DEDE SUGITA Ikuti di twitter Kepindahan Alexis Sanchez dari Arsenal agaknya semakin mendekati realitas. Nama bintang Cile itu tidak dicantumkan dalam skuat matchday The Gunners untuk laga menghadapi tuan rumah Bournemouth, Minggu (14/1) ini.
Absensi Sanchez menjadi sinyal kuat bahwa dirinya bakal meninggalkan Emirates Stadium pada jendela transfer bulan ini, kemungkinan besar untuk menuju Manchester United atau Manchester City.
Seperti diketahui, City sebelumnya menjadi favorit kuat untuk mengamankan tenaga Sanchez, yang tertarik untuk kembali bermain di bawah komando Pep Guardiola, mantan pelatihnya di Barcelona. Terkait
Namun, United tiba-tiba bermanuver untuk berusaha membajak eks penggawa Udinese tersebut. Kubu Old Trafford menawarkan proposal bernilai lebih tinggi kepada Arsenal dan Sanchez.
Sementara City "hanya" berani mengajukan maksimal £25 juta sebagai dana transfer dan menggaji Sanchez £290 ribu per pekan, United mengalokasikan bujet transfer £30 juta, dan Sanchez coba digoda dengan bayaran mingguan sebesar £350 ribu.
Di samping itu, United punya faktor pemberat lainnya dalam diri Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Gelandang Armenia yang pernah menjadi target Arsene Wenger pada 2016 itu siap ditawarkan kepada Arsenal guna memuluskan transfer Sanchez.
Selain Sanchez, Mesut Ozil juga absen menghadapi Bournemouth. Tetapi, playmaker Jerman itu tak dibawa ke Vitality Stadium lantaran cedera.
Alexis Sanchez was on the bench for the first leg of Arsenal's League Cup semi-final in midweek
Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez's future will be decided "in the next 48 hours" after he was left out of the team for Sunday's 2-1 defeat at Bournemouth, says manager Arsene Wenger.
The 29-year-old is out of contract in the summer and has been linked with a January move to Manchester City.
However, Manchester United have also been linked with the Chilean.
"I don't master the rhythm of it, but it could happen today, tomorrow or not at all," said Wenger.
"It will be decided in the next 48 hours."
Speaking before the match, Wenger had said: "He's being vague at the moment. The situation is not completely decided one way or the other, so I left him at home."
Asked if a decision was imminent, he replied: "Yes. Don't read too much in it because even I don't know which way it will go."
City are unwilling to match the £35m asking price and, asked about the prospects of signing Sanchez after his team's 4-3 defeat at Anfield on Sunday, manager Pep Guardiola said: "He is an Arsenal player.
"I talk about the players in my squad now. We have the players we have. I don't know if we will finish with that. We have four competitions, a lot of games and we are going to try."
United boss Jose Mourinho said on Friday that Sanchez is a "phenomenal player".
He added: "What we believe is there are some players in the football world, if you have the chance to sign them in January, March or July, you have to try. And that's it."
Paris St-Germain have also been linked with Sanchez, but the player's preference is to join City.
It is understood Arsenal's hierarchy have accepted Sanchez is likely to depart after three and a half years at Emirates Stadium.
However, the Gunners are reluctant to sell without replacing him, and their first choice is Bordeaux's 20-year-old Brazilian forward Malcom.
If a deal cannot be agreed with any club, Sanchez will be able to leave when his contract expires in the summer - a situation Arsenal are keen to avoid as they would receive nothing.
Sanchez almost joined City for about £60m on the final day of the summer window, only for the transfer to collapse when Arsenal failed to sign Monaco and France midfielder Thomas Lemar.
United will pay a few extra million for Sanchez - analysis
By Simon Stone, BBC Sport:
Manchester United have taken advantage of Manchester City's unwillingness to meet Arsenal's £35m valuation to move to the head of the queue to sign Sanchez.
Much as the same thing happened with Romelu Lukaku and Chelsea last summer when Jose Mourinho, hearing of an impasse, stepped in and sealed a £75m deal seemingly unthinkable a few weeks earlier.
As recently as Friday, sources at United and City were expecting Sanchez to link up again with Guardiola, his former boss at Barcelona. That prospect is now regarded as highly unlikely.
It could still happen and this is one of those deals that can't be regarded as done until the ink is dried on the contract.
However, Mourinho said himself on Friday that if a special player came available he would fight for them.
And while United are highly unlikely to win the Premier League this season, they are intent on regaining their former status - and if that means paying a few million extra for a player who would have been available for nothing in the summer, it is now plainly obvious that is what they will do.
Alexis Sanchez situation could be resolved in next 48 hours, reveals Arsene Wenger
Arsene Wenger confirmed Alexis Sanchez is on standby for a transfer and put a deadline on any exit Arsene Wenger confirmed Alexis Sanchez is on standby for a transfer and put a deadline on any exit
Arsene Wenger says Alexis Sanchez could leave Arsenal in the next 48 hours but a replacement will be found in the January transfer window.
Sanchez did not travel with Arsenal for their game at Bournemouth, with Manchester United confident of beating rivals Manchester City to sign him, according to Sky sources.
The Chilean, who trained on Saturday, has six months remaining on his contract and Wenger appears resigned to losing him before the window closes on January 31.
Explaining Sanchez's absence ahead of kick-off, Wenger told Sky Sports that the forward was being "vague" about his future, but a resolution would be found "imminently".
But after Arsenal's 2-1 defeat to Bournemouth, Wenger revealed Sanchez was on standby for a transfer, while Mesut Ozil missed the trip due to injury.
He could have moved today or yesterday or not but it will be decided in the next 48 hours. Wenger on Sanchez
"It could happen today or tomorrow or not at all," Wenger said, when asked about Sanchez leaving. "That's why I didn't want to travel with him today for him to go somewhere else.
"Alexis would have played but this is a difficult period for him. He has always been committed until now.
"He could have moved today or yesterday or not, but it will be decided in the next 48 hours. He is on standby so I decided not to bring him today. It wasn't that he didn't want to play."
Arsenal have scheduled a meeting with Bordeaux to discuss a potential deal for Brazilian forward Malcom, Sky in Italy are reporting.
Wenger insisted the performance against Bournemouth highlighted the need for an immediate replacement, should Sanchez leave.
"If Sanchez goes we need to replace him," he said. "Today we missed many players in our squad. You see that they have a weight in the team.
"If players like Sanchez go we of course have to respond to it. Will he go or not? I don't know, but at the moment it's transfer period. In this period you use the players who are completely focused on being at the club.
"I have been assured he will be replaced in this window. There is nothing concrete on Malcom yet."
Wenger on Friday admitted for the first time Sanchez is unlikely to sign a new deal at the club, while Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho labelled the 29-year-old a "phenomenal" player.
Sky Sports News understands United are interested in beating local rivals Manchester City to his signature, and it emerged on Friday that City are not prepared to pay Arsenal's £35m valuation.
Wenger last week suggested a bidding war would be beneficial to the Gunners if the club are to sell the forward, who came on as a substitute in Arsenal's midweek draw with Chelsea in the Carabao Cup.
Alan Smith told Sky Sports: "It seems like a battle between the two Manchester giants, City and United.
"From Arsene Wenger's point of view, he'll want to be getting this out of the way as quickly as possible.
"It will almost be a relief once it is out of the way and he can concentrate on those players that he knows are going to be here for the foreseeable future."
