"United have offered Armenia playmaker Henrikh Mkhitaryan as a makeweight in the deal as they seek to match Arsenal’s £35m valuation of Sanchez.

They are also prepared to meet Sanchez’s demand for a signing-on fee of up to £20m in addition to footing a potential £10m bill for the striker’s agent, Fernando Felicevich, which would value the overall deal at £65m for a 29 year-old who is out of contract at the end of the season.

That figure does not include the reputed £400,000-a-week wages, including bonus, Sanchez is in line to earn and which would make him the highest-paid player in the Premier League."

I hate to be pessimistic, but there is seriously no chance in hell that our board is anywhere near a deal with those kind of figures for a 29 year old. It has to be pure spin from either Snachez's agent (to expedite the deal) or from United or (as cited by Ornstein) City to aid their PR agendas. Personally, my money's on him sitting out his contract and sticking to his guns about playing for Pep.