Manchester City to offer Arsenal Raheem Sterling as part of Alexis Sanchez offer after having £50m bid rejected

MANCHESTER CITY have had a £50million bid for Alexis Sanchez rejected by Arsenal.

But City boss Pep Guardiola will now go back with an offer to include Raheem Sterling in a new deal for the wantaway striker.

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The Premier League rivals are locked in talks over the future of the Chilean.

And furious Sanchez, 28, is determined to force a move to City having seen the Gunners accept a £40m bid from Chelsea for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.

Sanchez is livid that The Ox has been allowed to quit while he must stay at the Emirates.

Sanchez told boss Arsene Wenger he wants out before he flew to Chile for their World Cup qualifiers.

And City are undeterred by the hitman’s ill-timed return home on the eve of tomorrow’s 11pm transfer deadline.

Sanchez has been given permission by Chile to miss today’s training session in Santiago in a bid to seal the deal. Personal terms have already been agreed with his agent and City are just waiting for Arsenal to accept their offer for the unhappy forward.

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Wenger is tempted by City’s swap proposal — although the Gunners would prefer to land Argentine Sergio Aguero, 29, instead.

And while City have insisted they will not let Aguero leave, there are fears within Guardiola’s dressing room that the striker feels marginalised by the manager.

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It has even been suggested club legend Aguero — who was demoted to the bench for Saturday’s last-gasp 2-1 win at Bournemouth, with Gabriel Jesus leading the line — could leave in January.

Sanchez, though, has left Arsenal in no doubt he is leaving in this window and wants to link up again with Guardiola following their time together at Barcelona.

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