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He may have been one of their tormentors in chief when Arsenal thrashed Everton at home a week ago, but now comes news that the owner of the Merseyside club, Farhad Moshiri, wants to make a shock move for Alexis Sanchez.
The Chile forward, out of contract in the summer, has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester City. However, with separate reports emerging that City, still upset with the way that Arsenal behaved in the summer – when they agreed a deal for the transfer of Sanchez only to change their minds at the last minute – are not prepared to make another bid for him in January. Instead they will wait for the summer when they can sign him for free on a Bosman.
That has apparently encouraged Moshiri, desperate to add to Everton’s firepower, to consider making a bid for Sanchez, hoping that Arsenal will want to cash-in on the player during the January window rather than see him go for nothing six months later.
However, whether Everton is a club with the profile and standing to appeal to Sanchez, who has previously made clear his wish to play in the Champions League, is unclear.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.