Manchester City make new £20m offer for Arsenal’s Alexis Sánchez

• Pep Guardiola hopes to complete signing of Chile forward
• City willing to wait until summer if latest bid is rejected

Manchester City have offered Arsenal £20m in an attempt to secure the signing of Alexis Sánchez in the January transfer window, with the Chile forward understood to have already agreed terms on a contract worth around £250,000 a week.

Sánchez, who came close to joining Pep Guardiola’s side in the summer only for the deal to collapse when Arsenal failed to sign a replacement in time, is out of contract at the end of the season and is now permitted to discuss terms with overseas clubs. Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich are both believed to be keen on signing the 29-year-old but, regardless of whether Arsenal decide to accept the latest offer, City remain frontrunners for the forward, who played for Guardiola at Barcelona.

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