Manchester United has moved ahead of Manchester City in pursuit of Alexis Sanchez.

Sanchez did not travel to Arsenal's match on Sunday at Bournemouth. 

Sanchez had looked certain to join City both in the summer and then again at the start of the January transfer window.

Arsenal are interested in taking Henrikh Mkhitaryan from United, who they wanted in the summer of 2016 when he was leaving Borussia Dortmund.