Chile’s star World Cup striker Alexis Sanchez agreed to join Arsenal on Thursday on a long-term contract for a reported fee of around £35 million, the English Premier League side announced.
Sanchez, 25, joins Arsenal from Barcelona where he made a total of 88 appearances, scoring 39 goals during his three seasons with the Catalan side. Reports suggested the transfer was worth in the region of £35 million ($60million, 44 million euros), which would represent Arsenal’s second biggest outlay for a player behind the club-record £42.5 million spent on Germany international Mesut Ozil last summer.