Barca 'agree Sanchez fee'

The gifted 22-year-old, who is in Chile's squad preparing for next month's Copa America in Argentina, will travel in the coming days to Spain to seal his move to the European champions.

"Udinese agree on the sale of Sanchez to Barcelona for $54 million (£33m)," the daily La Tercera said, adding that the player's Argentine agent Fernando Felicevich had "concluded a pre-accord for a four-year contract for $4.4 million (£2.7m)."

Sanchez, known as 'Kid Marvel', scored 12 goals this season and helped Udinese finish fourth in Serie A to reach a Champions League qualifying berth.

El Mercurio said Sanchez had been granted permission by Chile coach Claudio Borghi to miss next Thursday's friendly against Paraguay "to have the medical tests (at Barcelona)".

Sanchez, set to turn out for Chile in a friendly against Estonia in Santiago later on Sunday, was signed by Udinese in 2006 for £1.7 million. He was loaned to Argentina's River Plate in 2007.

Meanwhile, Giuseppe Rossi's agent Federico Pastorello has said he does not expect Barcelona to follow up their interest in the Villarreal forward.

"There have been no contacts in the last ten days. At this point it looks unlikely Rossi will join Barca," Pastorello told COMRadio.

"They want Alexis Sanchez and, if they sign him for 30 million euros, there won't be money left for Rossi. Barcelona are free to sign who they want, no problem. This is football, and football doesn't end at Barca."