EPL- Reports has shown that Manchester City have lined for a £4m payout should Arsenal sign Denis Suarez from Barcelona on a permanent basis.

The 25-year-old was brought in by the Gunners on an initial six-month loan last week with the option to buy the midfielder outright in the summer.

Barcelona want £20m for the once-capped Spain international, who was previously on City's books between 2011 and 2013 without making a Premier League appearance.

A fifth of that fee, The Sun reports will go straight to the Citizens as part of a sell-on clause inserted in his contract when he arrived at Barcelona six years ago.

City were paid £3m for Suarez and they are said to have received a further £800,000 for every 10 first-team appearances he made for the Catalan giants, up to 100 games.