Manchester City have submitted a second bid for Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez and are odds-on to get their man.
City had an offer of £50million for the Chile international forward rejected earlier in the week but are 1/3 to complete the deal before tonight's 11pm deadline.
The club are now awaiting a response from the Gunners to their latest, improved, offer.
Sanchez, who is in the final year of his contract at the Emirates Stadium, has been linked with a move to City for most of the summer.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger has consistently maintained the player would not be sold but that has not stopped speculation.
A deadline-day sale to City would leave Arsenal little time to find a replacement but forcing him to stay would run the risk of losing him on a free transfer next year.
There were suggestions earlier in the week the Gunners might be interested in a player exchange for England forward Raheem Sterling, but City distanced themselves from that possibility.