UAE club Al Ain are preparing to unsettle Manchester United by bidding for Udinese's Alexis Sanchez.

The club said they are prepared to pay the 20-year old what he wants and believe the chance of first team football will help land the Chilean.

"There is no issue on how much the player wants," said a source close to the club, according to The National.

"Al Ain is prepared to pay whatever Alexis will be offered from the two Premier League clubs. But it is up to him to decide where he goes finally.

"His agent is not happy for the player to spend his time on the bench with either United or Liverpool, and that may give Al Ain an opportunity of signing him for at least one season. And Valdivia will surely have played a major role if Sanchez decides to move to Al Ain."