Football Express News understands that Arsenal have joined Liverpool with interest in Barcelona’s Alexis Sanchez and have made a initial offer.
The Chilean winger has been in superb form of late for his country at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, leading to more discussion about his future at Barcelona, which has been heavily debated in the last six months.
The former Udinese man had a good season with the Catalan club and was second only to Lionel Messi in terms of consistency and goalscoring accolades, but his future has been questioned after the appointment of Luis Enrique as coach.
Enrique is keen to make several changes to the Barcelona squad and has already sold Cesc Fabregas to Chelsea in a bid to freshen up his attacking options.
Italian side Juventus have been keen on Alexis previously, whilst Barcelona’s interest in Liverpool’s Luis Suarez had seen the winger linked with a move to Anfield.
However, it is now understood that Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has watched him during the World Cup and had now put down an offer.
Whilst, Enrique is yet to make a clear decision on the future of Alexis at Barcelona, another winger Pedro Rodriguez is likely to move on, with Arsenal and Liverpool also linked to to Spaniard.