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.