Sanchez, who is out - of - contract at the end of the season, almost joined
City on deadline day when they agreed a deal worth around # 60million for the Chilean superstar.
West Bromwich Albion captain Jonny Evans is hoping to finalise a move to Manchester
City on deadline day.
There was also time for Arsene Wenger to introduce substitute Alexis Sanchez - who was close to joining Manchester
City on Deadline Day - and the Chilean received a mixed reception from the home crowd.
There is a good chance, after all, that the mind of Alexis is not quite in the right place after all the transfer saga during the summer which ended with the collapse of his proposed move to Man
City on deadline day.
The Chilean was believed to have been keen on securing a move to a Champions League side all summer, and was later thought to have agree personal terms over a switch to Manchester
City on Deadline Day, only for the Gunners to backtrack.
The Chilean has been wanting out of the club since his failed move to Manchester
City on deadline day, and looks to be very close to getting his wish, albeit to the other side of the city with United.
Arsene Wenger had insisted that none of his players would leave the club this month, much like he said last summer prior to accepting an offer from
City on deadline day, but he appears to be coming round to the idea of his exit, possibly down to the player's struggles this term along with the recent issues with his teammates.
The Gunners fought off interest in the Chile international all summer, though BBC Sport claimed they accepted a bid from
City on deadline day before changing their mind on letting him go as they failed to bring in a replacement.
The Chilean was believed to have agreed terms to join Manchester
City on Deadline Day, only for his replacement Thomas Lemar to opt against moving to Arsenal, and Alexis will more than likely be negotiating his future from January onwards.
Not exact matches
So true he chose arsenal over Liverpool so if he feels he wants that much the he should go elsewhere and warm the bench because the same guadiola was using him as a sub at barca and I don't see him unsettling Leroy Sane, Aguero, Jesus and Sterling... Let's see where he goes and what will happen
city is not really a power house in england they just over spend then rely
on luck over Manchester united
on deadline day with an expensive collection of players not really a team later
on with a collection of gunmen in form of negredo aguero and dzeko.
The Reds finally signed Craig Bellamy
on a frantic
deadline day but had to fight off a deal from Cardiff
City.
Martin Samuel has cited the case of the case of Manchester
City's Alvaro Negredo who couldn't hack life in England despite enjoying a successful season
on the pitch, the Spaniard pleaded with the club to sanction a move back home
on deadline day, which Pellegrini accepted despite the obvious negative consequences
on the club.
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Manchester
City were close to signing the attacker
on transfer
deadline day, so say the Daily Star, but the London club pulled out of the deal when Pep Guardiola refused to include Raheem Sterling.
Manchester
City have been the most strongly linked, with Pep Guardiola agreeing a fee with our club for his arrival
on deadline day back in August, only for Arsenal to backtrack after failing to persuade Thomas Lemar to join in his place.
Sanchez, as reported by the Sun, was left devastated
on deadline day after his proposed # 60M move to rivals Manchester
City fell through, with the Gunners themselves coming close to securing a deal for 21 - year - old Lemar, as the north London side made a # 92M move to replace the Chilean, however Wenger's side failed to get a deal over the line for the player.
Arsene Wenger is adamant that Alexis Sanchez is staying put in the current window, although the saga will continue to rumble
on until
deadline day most likely, I actually believe we would be better off selling to Paris Saint - Germain this summer, than keeping him for one year and losing him for free to rivals Manchester
City next year.
With The Mirror reporting that the top brass at Man
City are still angry after they thought they were going to be able to sign Sanchez
on transfer
deadline day only for Arsenal to pull the plug, it makes me wonder just how arrogant you can be.
With Arsene Wenger in need of more options in attack after a woeful display from youngster Yaya Sanogo in yesterday's draw against Leicester
City, here are five realistic targets that may be worth considering
on deadline day...
Leicester
City ace Riyad Mahrez was reportedly hoping to join Man Utd
on deadline day after he left Algeria's camp to seal a move.
As we know, the move of Alexis Sanchez to Man
City broke down
on deadline day while our England international Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain did get his wish and signed for Liverpool.
The Chilean came off the bench for a 15 minute cameo against Bournemouth today, making his first appearance since overseeing his move to desired Manchester
City move break down
on deadline day.
Injured kalstrom, no striker, no dm, sold rvp to man u, sold nasri to
city, and now he's
on holiday
on deadline day.
Both players were transferred to Valencia in the summer, with Lim having turned down offers from United and
City for the 21 year - old, in deals that are expected to become permanent next summer along with the club's deal for striker Alvaro Negredo, who joined
on a
deadline day loan deal from
City.
Oh what a clueless manager, u were having fun in sao paulo all summer and
on transfer
deadline day, u were in Vatican
city.
A big - name departure from the Premier League, Alvaro Negredo made the
deadline day move from Manchester
City to Valencia
on loan, with a view to a permanent move.
If Arsenal had managed to snare Thomas Lemar
on deadline day, it looks like we would have been forced to sell Alexis to Manchester
City, and that would have made Pep Guardiola's team even hotter favourites to win the Premier League, and they are looking pretty strong without him at the moment.
A lot of people have been talking about the Arsenal and Chile international star this season, after his much reported to Man
City or a number of other clubs this summer did not happen and the striker was apparently pretty cheesed off
on transfer
deadline day about it all.
Speaking at his pre-Manchester
City press conference, Wenger, most likely unaware of the Twitter - based conspiracy, did not help the situation when he said: «If I had not been away
on deadline day, Welbeck would not have signed.
Our club turned down # 60 Million
on this summer's
deadline day from Manchester
City, but was believed to have agreed that they would have sold him had Thomas Lemar agreed to join the club.
Hull
City may have hoped to conclude a number of deals towards the end of
deadline day, but it seemed to be a month of missing out
on ideal targets for Steve Bruce.
Why did we move out of Highbury?I think it was solely for financial gain.Fine we now have the stadium and lots of monies coming in, but would you believe that Stoke
city spent more money
on Transfer
deadline day on ONE player than we have spent in 2 transfer windows?!
Manchester
City had agreed a fee with the Gunners
on deadline day, believed to be in the region of # 60 - 70 Million, only for Arsenal to fail to persuade replacement Thomas Lemar to come in his place.
Riyad Mahrez will not play for Leicester against Swansea
on Saturday but Foxes boss Claude Puel hopes the player will return to the team after his move to Manchester
City fell through
on transfer
deadline day.
Having spend big early
on in the window, Manchester
City never looked likely to grab the headlines
on transfer
deadline day, and thus it transpired, with the # 4m capture of defender Martin Demichelis over the weekend being their last piece of significant business.
Harry Redknapp was left disappointed in his effort to sign former Arsenal and Barcelona midfielder Alex Song
on deadline day, but the Birmingham
City boss now appears to have switched targets, with Youssouf Mulumbu
on his radar.
Back in January of last year, as Marco Silva was trying to turnaround Hull
City's fortunes, a move for Guingamp's Salibur collapsed
on deadline day, with both clubs unable to get it over the line late into the night.
Sam Allardyce guided his side to their first victory of 2018
on transfer
deadline day against a Riyad Mahrez-less Leicester
City.
City were denied Sanchez
on the summer's
deadline day, but
City boss Pep Guardiola has indicated he may now wait until the summer before making his move.
Arsenal failed with a club - record offer for the Monaco winger
on transfer -
deadline day in a move which could have subsequently seen Alexis Sanchez sold to Manchester
City.
City had a # 60m bid for Sanchez accepted by the Gunners
on Deadline Day but the deal collapsed when Arsenal were unable to sign Thomas Lemar as a replacement from Monaco.
France international defender Eliaquim Mangala will spend the remainder of the 2017/18 campaign with the Blues after completing a loan move from Premier League leaders Manchester
City on January transfer
deadline day.
Swansea
City have secured the surprise signing of Renato Sanchez from Bayern Munich
on transfer
deadline day.
Cork
City beat the
deadline day clock
on Wednesday to complete the signing of Italian winger Christian Nanetti.
It's been a shambolic transfer window overall for Arsenal, as they saw Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain join Liverpool
on deadline day, while a deal for Alexis Sanchez to move to Manchester
City was seemingly all - but done until the Gunners failed in their pursuit of Thomas Lemar, as reported by The Guardian.
Sanchez believed he was going to become a
City player
on deadline day, and Arsenal accepted a # 60milion offer — but they could not find a replacement when a move for Monaco's Thomas Lemar failed.
Leicester boss Claude Puel doesn't believe it will be a problem to reintegrate Riyad Mahrez into his squad after the Algerian's proposed move to Manchester
City collapsed late
on deadline day.
The England international joined the Blues from Leicester
City on transfer
deadline day for a reported fee of # 35m.
Mahrez, 26, has missed two Premier League matches and had not trained with the team since the move he desperately wanted to runaway leaders
City fell through due to Leicester's demands
on January 31, transfer
deadline day.
The 28 - year - old wanted to quit during the transfer window, and was left devestated after a # 60m switch to Manchester
City failed to materialise
on deadline day.