Alexis Sanchez

[Theengelbert]

Yup - Sane is young and has huge upside. Could (long shot) end up among the word's best.

I don’t think that’s a long shot

 

[Skip Donoghue]

He’s an arsenal fan, that’s why he’d swap Sanchez for Sane.... pmsl

That in some way is a relief as I was starting to think we had some right burks following us haha

 

[cleavers]

I presume that is the brief City have given to the press as it seems to be the same reported by most journo's.

Read it through, its not a City briefing, there might be elements in there that have been briefed, but the words are Ornsteins own.

 

[Jack Hackett]

He’s a gooner saying he’d have sane over Sanchez

If I was a City fan I'd still want Sane over Sanchez

 

[Manc in London]

No, I'm a Gooner and I would exchange Sanchez for Sane

Hahaha

I am not laughing at you for being a Tarquin. I just find your post amusing. You'd be lucky

 

[Ric]

Jack. Hackett. Is. An. Arsenal. Fan.

 

[super_city_si]

So if he ends up at the rags, who is the odd man out? They have 2 players already for the left forward role (martial and rashford) and none who can play right.
Smacks of a buy just to stop us getting him. He’s n improvement on what they have but doesn’t address a problem position.

 

[KnaresboroughBlue]

Dont talk stupid , Sane only just turned 22 and is a fantastic prospect , Sanchez who turns 30 in less than 12 months

He's an Arsenal fan.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Of course it has. Whilst we were happy to wait until the summer it allowed other clubs to make a move. Sanchez isn't blameless in all of this but if we truly wanted him we could have done a lot more about it.

What by throwing more money at him and his agent. Basically break our pay structure for a 30 year old who will last what another 3 years. A player who will walk into a team almost certain to win the league title and maybe more !!!!!!!

 

[johnmc]

We offered £60m and let’s assume £200kpw package in the summer. 4 year deal? I’d assume we would have to pay agent fees of say £5m. That’s a around £105/110m ball park.

Now it’s £30m and £350k a week and say the agent now wants £10m. That’s about £110m

So no concernable different in the costs. Just the wages would possible upset some other members of the squad and the agent fees are now OTT.

The finances are therefore achievable given we offered a similar costing deal 5 months ago. It’s the morality of it and what it could possibly to the existing team spirit.

Fair play to us I say.