Arsenal have been blamed by Manchester City for the late collapse of Alexis Sanchez's £60m transfer. Man City manager Pep Guardiola believed the deal to sign the Chilean international had been agreed at 10am this morning, after Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis accepted City's second offer. According to reports in the Mirror, City believed Arsenal's move for Monaco's Thomas Lemar was a mere formality and the Sanchez move would be completed. A senior City source told the Mirror, 'It was Ivan Gazidis who made the first move this morning – calling Ferran (Soriano, City chief executive) to tell him that the second offer was acceptable.' “It came with the proviso that Arsenal had to...
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