Alexis Sanchez

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Bayern's record signing is Javi Martinez for £35m. No way they pay 50m for Sanchez in the last year of his contract. They are probably offering around 30m. Also where does he fit in there, Bayern have Ribery, Robben, Coman, Costa. They would have to sell one, probably Costa.

Kroenke will prefer to sell to us for 50m even if it means the fans go a little crazy, it will settle down at some point.
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Bayern knows that they will have to break the bank this season - they already told that they will when they have to. It is the position where you need really to put big money into as that what will leave is big in quality, too.

Bayern is in need of a new left winger. Robben and Ribery are somewhere at the end of their career. Costa probably will leave - but even with Costa you still have to take in account that because of the age and the injury problems that is not too many - especially when playing with 4 offensives what will probably happen more often next season.

Problem might be the wage more than the transfer sum.

Vidal might be a big factor in that who advertises a transfer to Bayern to Sanchez even openly in the press...

I do not know where he will go or if he really will leave. But if he wants trophies and if their can be made an agreement on the wage...

I do not know how good his relationship to Pep was - but I somehow do not think that getting a new left winger will be Pep's priority...
 
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Easy said:
Bayern's record signing is Javi Martinez for £35m. No way they pay 50m for Sanchez in the last year of his contract. They are probably offering around 30m. Also where does he fit in there, Bayern have Ribery, Robben, Coman, Costa. They would have to sell one, probably Costa.

Kroenke will prefer to sell to us for 50m even if it means the fans go a little crazy, it will settle down at some point.
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I'd sell Ribery if I were Bayer. Old and injury prone. Keep the younger guys.
 
Dax777 said:
I'd sell Ribery if I were Bayer. Old and injury prone. Keep the younger guys.
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Ribery is probably in his last one or two years of his career. He plays for Bayern since 10 years. He just needs to understand that he should not be playing always anymore - and that is difficult to tell him. In a lot matches he still is quality. His biggest quality is that he still is a very good playmaker with an eye for the special pass or assist - as there is Alaba who is able to go 1vs1 on the wing and cross, it totally matches.

Why keep Costa if you see that he is not that what you really need?

Robben does not show any decline. His "form" depends a lot on our own setup, if he has Müller and the fullback for help who do runs for him or offer him options and draw him defenders away - if there is "weight" on the other wing so the opponent does not concentrate just on him. But that is nothing that is new. He like every offensive player has days and periods in which their shooting is great and the ones when the goal is jinxed.

The left winger position is that what needs to be covered first. The right winger position - even if he will be another type of winger - Coman can grow into.
 
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If the player prefers us then it'll boil down to what fee would Arsenal accept for him. Class player who will obviously improve us but in his last year of his contract, doubt we'd want to pay more than £40m (which I doubt Bayern would match).
 
Easy said:
Bayern's record signing is Javi Martinez for £35m. No way they pay 50m for Sanchez in the last year of his contract. They are probably offering around 30m. Also where does he fit in there, Bayern have Ribery, Robben, Coman, Costa. They would have to sell one, probably Costa.

Kroenke will prefer to sell to us for 50m even if it means the fans go a little crazy, it will settle down at some point.
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I don't think it makes any difference to potential buyers that Sanchez is in the last year of his contract. That should only be a factor if only one club is interested in him, or he is only prepared to move to one particular club.
 
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Ajm1985 said:
Sounds like an agent who wants more money from City
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We did business with him last summer (he's Bravo's agent) and he has a good relationship with Pep from the Vidal transfer.

IMO he's working under the, correct, assumption that Arsenal will fight tooth and nail for Sanchez not to go to City which could, in theory, put his transfer at risk and lose said agent a lot of money.

It's a good sign that Sanchez still wants us though, so I'm hopeful.
 
Sanchez could be a wonderful versatile solution in case we sell Aguero and bring in only 1 attacker. But as Kun stays, I hope we'll find a better winger/striker (Auba, Mbappe, Gelson Martins).
 
Andrew___K said:
Sanchez could be a wonderful versatile solution in case we sell Aguero and bring in only 1 attacker. But as Kun stays, I hope we'll find a better option for the wing (Auba, Mbappe, Gelson Martins).
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None of those are better options "for the wing" than Sanchez.
 
Andrew___K said:
IMO, Mbappe would be devastating as ST/LW, same applies for Auba as ST/RW. Henry was wonderful executing the same role as Sane in 2008/09.
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Auba is a centre-forward and, though he has some experience out wide, arguably Mbappe has made his name in the same role.

I like both players and rate them highly, but I think the benefits Sanchez brings outweigh them both, least of all that he already comes adept at playing Pep's system.
 
Sanchez would be a fantastic addition and is an archetypal Pep player
Add Mbappe as well and we could field some terrifying front lines for opposing defenders
 
Rather buy someone who can play on the right. Aguero and Jesus are already sorted in the middle, Sane and Jesus both also great on the left. Only really Sterling on the right, with possibly Roberts returning. Just don't see where Sanchez would play
 
BigOscar said:
Rather buy someone who can play on the right. Aguero and Jesus are already sorted in the middle, Sane and Jesus both also great on the left. Only really Sterling on the right, with possibly Roberts returning. Just don't see where Sanchez would play
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Good news, Sanchez can play on the right too. He's put in 11 appearances there this season and last for the Arses, but he played 23 games in 2013 alone for Barca there and made quite a few under Pep too (who routinely moved him about, as he is wont to do)

Would like to see Roberts in the squad too though, I think he's earned it.
 
Sanchez is world class, but is he better than what we have in that position? Wide forward is where City are strongest:

Sane, Sterling, Roberts. Not sure given his age I would go for him. Arsenal and Barcelona possibly had his best years. He is a great player, but I am thinking that Sane and Jesus are going to be super star players for City. Roberts is very promising. Sterling is young and could easily step up. And Aguero is still scoring. I think if Aguero moves, then we will need to replace him, but at the moment I'd be looking at the full-back, keeper, and defensive midfield options.
 
Akiva said:
He already comes adept at playing Pep's system.
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Kinkys Left Foot said:
Sanchez would be a fantastic addition and is an archetypal Pep players
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Sanchez wasn't pulling up trees under Pep in Barca though. Both Barca's major signings of summer 2011 (him and Cesc) couldn't match the level of their teammates and were eventually sold for a reason. But then again, maybe I'm setting standards too high as the same can be said about Yaya. And Sanchez has improved since then, especially in scoring department.
BigOscar said:
Rather buy someone who can play on the right. Aguero and Jesus are already sorted in the middle, Sane and Jesus both also great on the left. Only really Sterling on the right, with possibly Roberts returning. Just don't see where Sanchez would play
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Read about our interest in Sporting's Gelson Martins - Portuguese speedy RW. Sanchez can also play there.
 
BigOscar said:
Rather buy someone who can play on the right. Aguero and Jesus are already sorted in the middle, Sane and Jesus both also great on the left. Only really Sterling on the right, with possibly Roberts returning. Just don't see where Sanchez would play
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Didn't see your post until I'd posted mine. I agree with you
 
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