Transfer news: Arsenal complete signing of Chile forward Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona

Arsenal have confirmed the signing of Chile forward Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona.

The 25-year-old has joined on a long-term contract for a fee undisclosed by the club, but Sky Sports understands the figure to be in the region of £35million.

Sanchez, who starred as Chile reached the last-16 of the World Cup, said: "I'm so happy to be joining Arsenal - a club with a great manager, a fantastic squad of players, huge support around the world and a great stadium in London."

Considered one of the most exciting attacking players in world football, Sanchez made over 100 appearances in all competitions for Barcelona after a 2011 move from Udinese, scoring 43 goals in three seasons with the Catalonians.

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Awesome news for Arsenal, I know a lot of fans in the U.S. will be very excited!

I don't know why, but Arsenal has a huge U.S. following.

Ben_Reilly wrote:Awesome news for Arsenal, I know a lot of fans in the U.S. will be very excited!

I don't know why, but Arsenal has a huge U.S. following.

I was not aware of that Ben, there was such a big following.

Didge wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:Awesome news for Arsenal, I know a lot of fans in the U.S. will be very excited!

I don't know why, but Arsenal has a huge U.S. following.

I was not aware of that Ben, there was such a big following.

Yeah, some interesting conjecture on that here: http://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1sxcfk/why_are_there_so_many_arsenal_fans_on_rsoccer/

Henry sounds like as good a reason as any ...