Alexis Sanchez

[taconinja]

Not totally, but they do run a tight ship and they keep buying good players at good prices consistently enough. Trouble is they don't buy enough of them, preferring to mend and make do with what they have. Their problem is that they have geared this to making money rather than spending it and pushing on to the next level much like their cross London friends at Arsenal.

I don’t think it’s that they don’t buy enough good players at their preferred prices. It’s that there aren’t enough good players willing to settle for their preferred prices.

 

[manimanc]

Anyone with access to Bein Sports? Just read on a forum over here that Richard Keys has apparently said that Sanchez to utd is happening "as we speak".

Well he must talk a lot as he said the same for mahrez to Liverpool and Pogba to us.

 

[OhSoGroovy]

Only hope this means we go for either Dybala or Griezmann in the summer.

From Mbappé, to Alexis, & now hopefully we’re still targeting a world-class attacker

 

[Dr Jacoby]

Considering they are both turning 30 soon, I’m surprised we’ve been heavily linked to big money moves for Sánchez and Evans.

I could be mistaken but I don’t believe we’ve ever spent more than £20m on a player over the age of 29.

 

[Young Blue]

Do people actually think, that if Sanchez signs for City, Utd won't actually sign a big money striker instead, in the summer ?

Are some of you genuinely that fucking stupid ?

So them signing Sanchez means they have an extra player next season ? No, they will spend on someone else.


You do know how the transfer business works right ?

If we bid for Sanchez, Utd can also bid for Sanchez THERE IS NOTHING TO STOP THEM. If we offer 35, they can offer 40.

If they then offer the player 400k pw, we are not, under any circumstances, going to match it.

If Sanchez wants to play for City, he just has to say 'no' to Utd.

Arsenal will then sell him to City.

It is his choice.

In the transfer business it's not normal to say "we are only offering just over half of what you want and we won't be increasing our offer"
that was a huge and unnecessary gamble and has failed spectacularly.
We believed we had him wrapped up and he wouldn't go elsewhere, but we forced his camp into a corner, that opened the door to United.

 

[foggy1974]

Griezmann for €100m - his release clause - would be an interesting one. He can play across the front 3, like Sanchez, and has the same very high work rate and creativity mixed in, but 3 years younger.

thought he is nailed on to go to united (snubbed) sorry Barcalona

 

[remember arthur mann]

Could be a good buy for the rags if they want to maintain second place !!

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

No because that’s obviously different to the matter at hand. What Alexis wants is within reason for all top players. Pay him a higher signing on fee, reduce his wages simple.

Can you not see how there's risk in that? Especially for an older player?

 

[Colin Bells Boots]

Lets just hope this doesn't bite us on the arse. At least we have JFE to look forward to.

We might lose out to the Rags for him too .

 

[Thaksinssoldier]

Arsenal will desperately want to sell him to the rags.

They'll make more money.

Simple.

So anything from that end will be pushing that angle.

 

[eyejay51]

Should he end up at the shithole, it will probably ensure the scums top4 finish, which may well be at Arsenal’s expense. Well played Arsene.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Sucked back into the thread (me that is). I saw you expressing confidence that he would come to City but I have never been confident he would although I have tired to be optimistic. I'm certain he won't now and given, as you pointed out, how long we have coveted him, it does hack me off that we have failed to get him. This may be an honourable fail but it is still a fail and the club do need to look at why they have failed: it's not just a question of the Rags gazumping us at the end with silly money.

We could have got him for 70 mil in the summer if we'd bid it early.

But he's not worth it, nor worth what Utd will pay him.

 

[Armaan]

Arsenal will desperately want to sell him to the rags.

They'll make more money.

Simple.

So anything from that end will be pushing that angle.

Plus the “old top 4” probably hate us more than they hate each other.

 

[Bluesince1979]

But yet as a club we spunked 27 million on an average RB in Danilo as a result.

Not only that, but what about the knock on effect this has on Maffeo who has been outstanding against the top opposition in La Liga this season?

Not sure what you are moaning about. Playing the best football weve ever seen. Just enjoy it.
Like the man sat behind me who at 5-0 up against liverpool moaned that we dont leave anyone up at corners

 

[mosssideblue]

Sucked back into the thread (me that is). I saw you expressing confidence that he would come to City but I have never been confident he would although I have tired to be optimistic. I'm certain he won't now and given, as you pointed out, how long we have coveted him, it does hack me off that we have failed to get him. This may be an honourable fail but it is still a fail and the club do need to look at why they have failed: it's not just a question of the Rags gazumping us at the end with silly money.

I don't understand this at all. If we walk away, how have we failed exactly

 

[leewill31]

It would be a shame not to get him but if agent/player have moved the goalpost then so be it plus i cant see it worrying us for the league you cant turn shit into gold by adding just one player to there team.

 

[Blue Llama]

This thread has gone the same way as it did last summer but with a different emphasis. Last summer it was again split down the middle. We must have Sanchez/another guaranteed goal scorer in one half and the We already have enough fire power to ensure we don't struggle for goal half. When asked by half 1 who would score if Kun wasn't scoring half 2 pointed out that we scored all accross the attacking threat. The last five and a half months has proved the flappers wrong. Not only are City on target for a record number of goals and Sanches has helped himself to 7 goals, not bad but 3 City players are ahead of him, one not having played for a month. Two more are only one goal behind him and our magician has two less but isn't playing as regularly at the present. It would be good to get him but its not game over if we don't.

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Arsenal will desperately want to sell him to the rags.

They'll make more money.

Simple.

So anything from that end will be pushing that angle.

They are fools if they do as the rags are their rivals not us. They could quite easily finish above them but if they sell them Sanchez you can kiss that goodbye

 

[Neville Kneville]

In the transfer business it's not normal to say "we are only offering just over half of what you want and we won't be increasing our offer"
that was a huge and unnecessary gamble and has failed spectacularly.
We believed we had him wrapped up and he wouldn't go elsewhere, but we forced his camp into a corner, that opened the door to United.

The 'door' was opened in the summer, not now. Utd would outbid us in this window, it 's upto the player.

If you think we should have made Arsenal a huge offer in the summer, so they would have sold him before the deadline, then fine.

I don't, I didn't even want him then.

 

[aguerooooo]

Fucking shambles this. A player who apparently had agreed to come to us in summer, now we let our hated and still dangerous rivals get a major coup on us, not to mention the suddenly now positive spin on it in the media to big those cünts up. And he'll definitely improve their team while we're fucking about trying to play Bernardo as a striker. I'm fucking fuming. We never seem to really press home advantages when we're on top, just like with RvP we let those wankers back in. Absolutely fucking shit from us this. Smalltime and unambitious, and arrogant and complacent.

i feel i want to argue but imo you are correct