Alexis Sanchez

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No brainer this lad. Title winning signing.

As people have said, any injury to Jesus and Aguero and we look a bit short again. People always tend to get carried away when everything is going rosy.
 
Sterling has played in 11 of our 13 games (whilst being suspended for one), Jesus has played in 12 out of 13, and Aguero has played in 9, while being out due to injury and also 29 years old. Sane has played in all 13 games. I think there's minutes for Sanchez available
 
Thaksinssoldier said:
I wouldn't touch him until Summer.

If he wants to come then, on a free, great.

But it screams Faustino Asprilla to me. We're far too good going forward to try add him into the mix in Jan. No need to upset the balance. He won't come for cameos either, so it's not like he'll be happy to be on the bench each week.

I wouldn't change a thing other than LB and support for Dinho. Look at it again in Summer.
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totally agree.

to me the ONLY reason for a January move is we weaken a rival whilst keeping him away from another.
 
SWP's back said:
Not long now until we get him. Exciting times.
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Is it that exciting?

Our 2 wingere have scored 16 goals already this season, the entire driving force behind needing Sanchez - the idea that Sané and Sterling won't deliver the goals to support the strikers - has disappeared.

We're just about balancing the playing time of the current 4, with Bernardo playing in those positions as well. If Sanchez comes in, it seems pretty inevitable someone will get unhappy and leave in the summer, and I prefer the 4 we have now to Sanchez.

It was an exciting idea in the summer but Sterling and Sané have made the jump up quicker than expected and are now at a level where they can realistically demand to start every week to continue their growth. They are no longer young players who could do with a world class player to take the pressure off for a year or two, they are on the verge of world class themselves, and won't reach that last level playing only 60% of games.

I'd be much more excited by the prospect of addressing a weakness and getting someone to rotate with fernandinho, or a CB to replace Mangala as a viable 3rd choice, or a LB so we aren't dependent on Delph.

If we do need another forward, we should be getting someone very young, or a veteran who knows they'll spend most of their time on the bench, but will still make an impact when needed.
 
No brainer, all the shite being spouted about upsetting players, absolute bollocks, we have 3 kids up front, their form will drop, it will be a miracle if it doesn't, we then need to take them out of the firing line, cue Sanchez...
 
pride in battle said:
No brainer, all the shite being spouted about upsetting players, absolute bollocks, we have 3 kids up front, their form will drop, it will be a miracle if it doesn't, we then need to take them out of the firing line, cue Sanchez...
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Why would their form drop?

Nothing about Jesus or Sané's careers to date has suggested they're suddenly going to go to shit, and Sterlings got 150 premier league games and about to turn 23, he's ridiculously experienced and not even that young any more.
 
Nails said:
Thought he summed it up perfectly. Anyone who doesn't think we need another forward is just being a contrarian for the sake of it.
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Or they're just aware that no club in history has ever kept a bench like Bernardo Silva, Gundogan, Sanchez and Agüero happy, because it's not possible.

What deficiency in the squad does Sanchez fix?

Short term it'll probably guarantee us a league title we're 1/5 odds on to win in a record breaking fashion anyway.

Long term, One of the current 4 leaves.
 
I'm not sure Arsenal will sell him. £50 million in summer with a chance to replace is very different to £20 million in January with limited options. If he gets them top four, that £20m loss is well worth letting him go for free from this position of a contract running down. They'd be daft to sell.
 
Henkeman said:
I'm not sure Arsenal will sell him. £50 million in summer with a chance to replace is very different to £20 million in January with limited options. If he gets them top four, that £20m loss is well worth letting him go for free from this position of a contract running down. They'd be daft to sell.
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You should tell wenger who spent all summer saying he wouldn’t sell him but now says there’s a chance they’ll have to.
 
SWP's back said:
Sane and Sterling we’re running on fumes by April last year. He makes the squad stronger and I can’t wait to have him in.
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That's not the role you bring in a player like Sanchez for though.

You don't bring someone like him in on 300k/week to help our Sterling and Sané and stop them getting tired.

if he comes he's going to play 8 or 9 games out of 10, and that means Sterling or Sané are going to spend most of their time competing for 1 spot with Agüero, because we all know Jesus will play 80% of the games as well.
 
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