Arsene Wenger Confirms Alexis Sanchez Is "Likely" To Join Manchester United, Hopes To Swap Him For Henrikh Mkhitaryn

Arsene Wenger has confirmed that his Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez is very "likely" to complete is move to Manchester United, but would feature in match against Crystal Palace if he is still at the club by weekend.
The Chilean has been linked with United on a £3 million transfer deal, and did not joined Arsenal on their trip to Bournemouth which the lose by 2-1 on Saturday.
"I worked on transfer for 30 years so it is likely to happen, but at any moment it can break down," Wenger said at a news conference on Thursday.
Alexis who also has been linked to Chelsea, will be out of contract by summer, and has been on his bid to leave Arsenal or have his wages increase since last summer.

Henrikh Mkhitaryn joined United from Borrusia Dortmund

Meanwhile, Wenger is hopefully he would get United's midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryn to swap with
as part of the deal, whom he said he has spotted since he was at Borussia Dortmund, but the Armenia international is yet to respond.
"We played many times against him when he was at Dortmun. He appreciated the quality of our games," Wenger said "The wages would not be a program."
Nevertheless, the French manager said he has not had any issues with the 29-year-old Chilean at the club and has been commitment at training in spite of his imminent move to United.
"I have no problem with Sanchez's attitude. He was in training yesterday fully committed...next contract will of course be very important to him."