Wretched Vengeance
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Grinds my **** that expression - "preparing a bid"
Along with whichever club has money to spend and it's described as a 'warchest'
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Grinds my **** that expression - "preparing a bid"
Along with whichever club has money to spend and it's described as a 'warchest'
Not sure if they make €160k/ per week, but seems unlikely they make €280k each. Not able to find tepirts approaching that number speculated anywhere online. Only thing I saw anywhere in that ballpark online was a report from France on 2015 that Lewa made €20m per year and the Bayern finance director called it nonsense. A court case at the time named former striker Luca Toni's salary at €14.5m and the same finance director said ""I don't know where he got that information (in reference to the Leeandowski figure) from and I can tell you: His statement is not true," Dreesen insisted. Adding that "Luca Toni was on an absolutely extraordinary salary back then" and thus it "remains an absolute exception also in the present situation for us."
Now again this is 2015, but hard to believe if they found €14.5m in 2015 "extraordinary" that 2 years later it'd be the norm for their top players.
I just have a hard time believing that Arsenal are gonna take anything as low as €40m when City are reportedly offering £55m, even if they don't want to sell within the premier league. That is a lot of money to leave in the table. Not to mention why is Alexi taking €280k if City are offering £270k (as reported)?
Even if you think he may take less to join a team "capable of winning the CL", is there any reason to think that a Pep-run City team with Alexis, Bernardo, a couple new FBs and Ederson to go with the talent already on hand has a worse chance than Bayern at this point?
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I will go crazy if we have to wait until the end of Confederations Cup to finalise the Sanchez transfer
Not sure why there's so much confusion over the Bayern wage structure, a player like Robert Lewadowski's wages are readily online (€13m per year) as he recently extended and sits aloft the pecking order in the system.
Think this doesn't actually convey the gist of the BILD article so well.
1. Bayern have set a limit of €100m all-in on the transfer, which, if wage parity is factored in, means only €40m in transfer fees.
2. Sanchez isn't interested in making the similar money to what he currently does at Arsenal and BILD suggest he wants €23m, which Bayern cannot match.
3. BILD also suggest Arsenal would probably not sell for €40m, or £35m, which is a considerable low ball, even to get him out of the league.
Media ignoring City's accomplishments, nothing weird here at all.
Meanwhile, he's odds on favourite to come here with the bookies off the back of several legit sources, both in Chile and otherwise, saying as much.
Think this doesn't actually convey the gist of the BILD article so well.
1. Bayern have set a limit of €100m all-in on the transfer, which, if wage parity is factored in, means only €40m in transfer fees.
2. Sanchez isn't interested in making the similar money to what he currently does at Arsenal and BILD suggest he wants €23m, which Bayern cannot match.
3. BILD also suggest Arsenal would probably not sell for €40m, or £35m, which is a considerable low ball, even to get him out of the league.
Media ignoring City's accomplishments, nothing weird here at all.
Meanwhile, he's odds on favourite to come here with the bookies off the back of several legit sources, both in Chile and otherwise, saying as much.
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Nothing to do with media ignoring things. It's simply the fact that they don't believe Arsenal will sell to a club in england
I doubt it. The media is full of bullshit, completely unbelievable stories every day, usually involving the rags.
Neymar/Fake Ronaldo/Lewadowski to United. Aguero to Arsenal. Chiellini to Chelsea. All these stories have been repeated in this last week alone by the Express yet not a word about the actual, credible links between City and Sanchez.
I think, really, this issue starts with "will Sanchez be able to force a move this summer?" I think most would expect the answer to be yes. He has all the power and Arsenal almost certainly don't want an unhappy, yet exorbitantly expensive, player on the books waiting to walk for free. The question then, must be, where will he go? There is only a limited market for Sanchez and only two clubs showing any active interest in him. Even if you discount the obvious financial implications of a Bayern move, and the player's own preferences, surely more should then be made of City's interest than is being made?
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I actually think this happens and we land him. Will be mega expensive though and it should be he is truly world class and in his prime player.
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mosssideblue
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You read it again then
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I don't understand why it's so hard to believe this could happen if we really want him at the club.
- Alexis has one year left on his contract which means he holds all the cards even if Arsenal prefers to sell him abroad.
- If Alexis wants to come to City all he has to do is notify his club, if they say no, he will simply play until the end of his contract. Now do you really think Arsenal will allow this to happen? The only thing they care about is money and they will not pass the opportunity to get 40m or more for him rather than lose him for free.
- Now let's say Arsenal gets greedy and they try to charge more than the player is worth, all City needs to do is say thanks but no thanks, we will wait until he finishes his contract. That gives us (or any other club) leverage to keep the price down.
- The down side is having to compete with other clubs ie. Bayern, Chelsea or PSG but that is Alexis decision as he holds all the cards and he wants out.
- Alexis has one year left on his contract which means he holds all the cards even if Arsenal prefers to sell him abroad.
- If Alexis wants to come to City all he has to do is notify his club, if they say no, he will simply play until the end of his contract. Now do you really think Arsenal will allow this to happen? The only thing they care about is money and they will not pass the opportunity to get 40m or more for him rather than lose him for free.
- Now let's say Arsenal gets greedy and they try to charge more than the player is worth, all City needs to do is say thanks but no thanks, we will wait until he finishes his contract. That gives us (or any other club) leverage to keep the price down.
- The down side is having to compete with other clubs ie. Bayern, Chelsea or PSG but that is Alexis decision as he holds all the cards and he wants out.
Gordyola
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This is a very accurate summation of the situation as it stands
Luke The Blue
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I was saying this yesterday.... it's funny how they link them with everyone SSN hardly mentioned Bernardo Silva or Ederson.
They hate us and it's clear to see. I haven't seen anything about Sanchez to us on SSN just to Bayern.
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I've just read a Sky article about Mbappe saying how much he wants to play in the CL. It mentioned all the teams which could potentially buy with of course Utd at the top of the list & including Arsenal. Funnily enough no mention of City.
Luke The Blue
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Haha typical mate.
Neville Kneville
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It's not that strange really, seeing as they have millions of brain dead, social inadequates, all around the world, hanging on for every scap of information with the rag tag on it & we are the club said saddos like least.
The whole Sky?BT & media thing revolves around pandering to them & the equivalent Liverpool etc.
Which makes it funnier every time we sign their 'nailed on' target, as they are too stupid to see it coming & it's a total shock, every time.
We implemented one in 2010 for a week as the whole forum kicked off. We're always ahead of the curve here ;)
Hmm, first reaction is this is bullshit, but the reports of him demanding an insane salary keep coming out of Germany, from Kicker, Bild, SportsBild etc.
If it is true, it's almost like he really doesn't want to go to Bayern and is making a potential move impossible by demanding €440,000 a week.
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