Paris Saint-Germain set to sign Sanchez

 

PSG are working on a deal for Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez, according to Le Parisien.

 

Despite heavy rumours regarding a €220m move for Neymar, the French club are also thought to be pursuing the 28-year-old Chilean, and are preparing to offer him wages comparable to Thiago Silva and Edinson Cavani, according to the report.

Arsenal do not want to sell Sanchez at all and the official line remains that they are prepared for the Chilean international to see out the final year of his contact at the club if he does not sign a new deal and leave on a free transfer next summer.

However, according to sources, Sanchez expects to be allowed to leave and the 28-year-old is attracted to PSG who can meet his financial demands and also offer Champions League football.
Sanchez has been a long-term target of PSG who want to add more experience and quality to their squad as they attempt to reach their dream of winning the Champions League.

PSG have already shown their intent by hijacking City’s deal to sign Dani Alves after the defender opted to terminate his contract at Juventus. Sanchez fits the profile of the kind of player they want to attract to add to their exciting young talents such as Marco Verratti, who they steadfastly refuse to sell to Barcelona and who is on a long-term deal.

Signing Sanchez and Alves, and with other players lined up, will also convince Verratti that he should remain at PSG. Bringing in Sanchez, who has also attracted interest from Chelsea and Bayern Munich, would be a huge statement of intent from PSG.

It is unclear what level of fee would be required to convince Arsenal to sell Sanchez, although it is unlikely to be less than £50million. Manager Arsene Wenger has always insisted that he believes he can convince him to stay. During Arsenal’s pre-season tour to Australia Wenger said he had exchanged positive text messages with Sanchez who is on holiday in Chile after his involvement in the Confederations Cup.

However Sanchez, in an interview with Chilean radio station Radio Sport, recently suggested that he had made his mind up about his preferred next step and was waiting for a response from Arsenal.

Arsenal to sell Wilshere, offer Sanchez big deal

The sure thing is that Arsenal needs to do some clear out so that there will be much space for incomings.

Players like Perez, Campbell, Gibbs, Debuchy and so on have been touted out this summer but a big name has been included which I know will spring up a debate as to, is it a right move to sell Jack Wilshere. Yes, that is the name; Jack Wilshere.

The Daily Mail reported that Arsenal are ready to off load him so as to meet Sanchez's demands.

Though for now, there is no concrete fact as to if there is an interest, but I'm sure if Arsenal put him for sale today, he is gonna draw a lot of interest, europe and outside europe. 

Arsenal latest Transfer News- Arsenal interested in Serie A Star - Koulibaly

According to  Daily Star, Arsenal have made an inquiry concerning Napoli centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly this summer.

Arsene Wenger is expected to bring in another central defender as Mertesacker is due to retire next summer, Chambers is expected to leave, Gabriel is nursing a serious knee injury and Koscielny has been plagued by Achilles issues for the past two years.

 It looks like the boss has already started to work on his targets as the Daily Star are citing a report coming from TMW that claims Arsenal have lodged an enquiry with Napoli over a deal to sign Koulibaly. 

The 26-year-old has developed in to one of the best centre-backs in Serie A since joining Napoli from Genk in 2014 and he was strongly linked with a move to Chelsea last summer but it never materialize.

He ended up staying at the Stadio San Paolo and signed a new long term contract with the club. 
Koulibaly’s agent, Bruno Satin, suggested last month that the defender could secure a move before the window closes at the end of August. He was quoted by the Daily Star saying:

“Koulibaly? The transfer market is long as it will be open until August 31, something might happen before then,” who knows.

Any potential deal would require a huge transfer fee but Koulibaly could be worth the investment as the Senegal international has all the attributes to be an excellent signing for us.

However, it was added that it will be very difficult for us to sign him because Napoli is in a strong financial state and not interested in selling the player. But, anything can happen.

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich: Build up and Confirmed Line-ups – Giroud dropped, Lacazette starts.

Bayern vs Arsenal

Arsenal take on Bayern Munich in their first clash of the International Championship Club in Shanghai, China. 

Arsenal's record summer signing Alexandre Lacazette starts ahead of Giroud.
The France international will start against Bayern in what will be his first test against a European giant in a Gunners shirt.

Playmaker Mesut Ozil will also start for the Gunners but fellow star man Alexis Sanchez will not be involved.
The Chile international has been given an extended break after Confederations Cup duties.

Bayern meanwhile have a strong squad available and brought Robert Lewandowski, Thomas Muller, Mats Hummels, and Arjen Robben along with them.

The Germany giants will be without Manuel Neuer to injury, meanwhile Arturo Vidal, Joshua Kimmich, Sebastian Rudy, and Niklas Sule are all absent through injury or rest.

On paper this is a friendly but Arsenal will be looking to get their own back after a humiliating 10-2 defeat on aggregate against Bayern in last seasons Champions League.

Arsenal vs Bayern Munich: Confirmed Line-ups

Arsenal XI: Cech, Bielik, Mertesacker, Monreal, Maitland-Niles, Coquelin, Xhaka, Kolasinac, Ozil, Welbeck, Lacazette

Bayern Munich XI: Starke, Hummels, Ribery, Martinez, Lewandowski, James, Rafinha, Bernat, Tolisso, Muller, Alaba
Subs: Fruchtl, Hoffmann, Gotze, Coman, Dorsch, Freidl, Sanches, Wintzheimer, Pantovic