Arsenal transfer news: Chelsea want Gunners superstar Alexis Sanchez to form dream partnership with Diego Costa
CHELSEA are planning a sensational swoop to rock rivals Arsenal as Alexis Sanchez still hasn't resolved his contract stand-off.
Both strikers currently lead the Premier League scoring charts on 11 goals each, and the Blues want to pair the Chilean up front to form a mouthwatering partnership with Diego Costa, according to
Europe is watching closely what happens with Arsenal's pair of super star players Sanchez and Mesut Ozil as both are likely going to cost the club 156m in wages if they are to sign new deals.
It is new territory for the gunners paying those sort of wages but if they don't break the bank someone else will and both players will jump ship to be paid their worth elsewhere.
Both players are after 300,000 a week, with Ozil earning £140,ooo a week whilst Sanchez pockets £130,000 meaning Arsenal will have to more than double their star men's salaries.
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So far Chelsea and other big clubs are yet to make an official approach for Sanchez but they will not hesitate if it becomes clear the 27 year old will not sign a new deal by the summer.
Arsenal will be caught out because come June Sanchez will have just one year left on his existing deal meaning he is at risk of leaving on a free transfer in 2018.
The Gunners will not want to lose a player of his quality for nothing and they will be forced to sell to the highest bidder.
It echoes of the Robin van Persie saga when he left for Manchester United in 2012 for £24m after refusing to sign a new deal at the club.
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What the club achieve in the Premier League and Champions League will have a huge bearing on what Sanchez will decide to do.
He is now of that age where he wants to win the biggest trophies and if he cant do that at Arsenal then he will want to play for a club where he can achieve his ambitions.
The offers that are being readied by the Chinese Super League in the regions of £400,000 are being used as leverage to force Arsenal in to offering an extreme amount of money to the joint top goal scorer in the Premier League.
However Arsenal will point to the fact that Sanchez has already been at a super club with Barcelona and it did not work out for the South American.
Barca decided to buy Luis Suarez from Liverpool and sold Sanchez to Arsenal for £30m to finance the deal for the Uruguayan.
It may not have worked out at Barcelona for Sanchez, but elsewhere it would and Arsenal have to be very careful in how they approach with their new offer for the best player they have had since Thierry Henry.