Arsenal forward, Alexis Sanchez, will join rivals Manchester United, after a journalist confirms that 28-year-old Mkhitaryan have agreed to join Arsenal as part of the deal that takes the Chilean the other way.
United pipped Arsenal to the signature of Mkhitaryan from Borussia Dortmund for £26m in July 2016.
He is not demanding to leave Old Trafford at all costs but has a different footballing philosophy to manager Jose Mourinho and that has raised the possibility of his departure.
The journalist from Mkhitaryan's coutryland writes on Twitter: The transfer between Mkhitaryan and Arsenal is finished! Sanchez will join Man United!
Meanwhile, Sanchez, whose future would be resolved in the "in the next 48 hours", according to the Gunners' boss, Arsene Wenger, will take the No.7 shirt at Manchester United, reports in his hometown says.
Sanchez is out of contract in the summer and almost joined City for about £60m on the final day of last summer's window, only for the transfer to collapse when Arsenal failed to sign Monaco and France midfielder Thomas Lemar.
United boss Jose Mourinho said on Friday that Sanchez is a "phenomenal player".