Here are the latest football rumours for Wednesday with Sanchez, Zidane, Walcott, Pavon, Ibrahimovic, Lemar, Oxford dominating.
Manchester City are reported to have offered Arsenal £20m for striker Alexis Sanchez, 29, with the Chile forward understood to have agreed terms on a £250,000-a-week contract. (Guardian)
Meanwhile Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger will pay Boca Juniors winger Cristian Pavon’s £27m release clause to bring the 21-year-old Argentine to the Premier League. (TyC Sports – in Spanish)
Wenger is also expected to sit in the East Stand at Stamford Bridge for Wednesday’s League Cup semi-final with Chelsea as his touchline ban continues, after admitting to “a very uncomfortable experience” in the stands last season when he was sat next to his gardener. (Express)
Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has said he does not want any new signings in the winter transfer window, despite trailing La Liga leaders Barcelona by 16 points. (Reuters)
Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic is remoured to be on his way out of Old Trafford before the end of the season. The Swede, 36, is out of contract in the summer. (Yahoo Sport)
Everton are challenging Southampton in the race to sign Theo Walcott, 28, from Arsenal for £20m. (Mail)
Liverpool or Arsenal would have to pay at least £90m to sign Monaco forward Thomas Lemar, 22. (Mirror)
But according to French journalist Julien Laurens, the France international may delay moving to the Premier League because of this summer’s World Cup finals. (5 live’s Euro Leagues podcast)
Brazilian winger Lucas Moura, 25, has agreed to join Manchester United from Paris St-Germain, though a fee is yet to be agreed between the two clubs. (Gazetta dello Sport – in Italian)
Arsenal will make a formal contract offer to England midfielder Jack Wilshere. The 26-year-old is expected to hold talks with the Gunners in the next week and may have to take a cut in his wages to stay at the club. (Mirror)
Spanish club Sevilla are interested in signing Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi, 24, on loan. (ESPN)
But Blues manager Antonio Conte has said he is “very happy” with the Belgian, who has only made two Premier League starts this season. (Sky Sports)
Chelsea agreed to pay agent fees said to be around £7m in addition to the £15m transfer fee to Everton for Ross Barkley’s signature last week. (Times)
Everton say their proposed new stadium at Bramley Moore could cost in the region of £450m as the costs of building on the city’s waterfront are escalating. (Liverpool Echo)
And the club’s manager Sam Allardyce has confirmed full-back Seamus Coleman has returned to training, 10 months after he broke his leg playing for Republic of Ireland. (Sky Sports)
