Arsenal will go into transfer deadline day on tenterhooks over Alexis Sánchez, with Manchester City hopeful that an improved bid will persuade the London club to sell their star player. But it would still take a huge offer to get the deal over the line and, more significantly, Arsenal would have to bring in a replacement player, which promises to be complicated. Liverpool agree £40m Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain deal and pursue Thomas Lemar Read moreThey have an interest in Monaco’s left-sided attacker Thomas Lemar, for whom they have made three unsuccessful bids this summer – the most expensive of which was worth €50m. City intend to make a persuasive pitch for Sánchez, having seen an opening offer of £50m rejected on Tuesday. Shkodran Mustafi is set to stay at Arsenal, after talks over a possible move to Internazionale broke down.

Source: The Guardian August 30, 2017 19:35 UTC