Alexis Sanchez

[Claytop]

is he coming now we've reached it?

 

[Academica]

Why the hell would the rags even want a player that clearly favoured us? I wouldn’t want us to sign a player who would rather play for the scum.

But you know when he signs he will say he chose them over us because they are the biggest club in the world, the one with all the history and the 650 million will lap it up.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

Is this 400k figure net or gross

Good question. No clue.

The Chinese one was netto.

 

[CityDreamer]

United are simply offsetting the wages they will lose this summer on big nose and bog brush, so they can easily afford this deal.

What I now know for certain, £400k per week was offered by Chinese representatives last summer. Sanchez had no desire to play his football there.

What he and his agent did do, however, was use that figure as a benchmark when it also came to speaking to both Bayern and Paris.

Bayern were not prepared to even go anywhere near £300k per week and even Paris told them he would have to wait due to the Neymar and Mbappe deals.

United were told over Christmas by Sanchez that they had rejected £400k per week from elsewhere, and that he still only wanted to play for Pep.

United simply took a punt when they knew City were dragging heels over whether to do the deal in January, insisting they could match that offer from China/related fees.

Mourinho's recent comments telling his board he needed more money to compete with City was also with Sanchez in mind, he knew there was an outside chance.

I think he's done a selling job on the player since.

We are still waiting to sort the KDB deal, so I do think Kev's agent would have been emboldened to ask Sanchez money?

I think, given the circumstances, we should back away from this asap. No need to destruct our structure.

 

[jrb]

Maybe Ric's earned 400k this week from the traffic going through BM? ;-)

 

[inbetween]

Goal don't really attempt to break stories anymore, they are more aligned to keeping onside with clubs, rather than putting backs up.

In that respect, if Sam Lee has tweeted this morning that it's over, then I would wager a pretty strong guess that was an official steer at that time.

Interestingly, seemingly United are very confident but still wary of exposure to a major u-turn.

All down to the player now, does he sign or wait. At the moment I think he is waiting....

 

[BlueDejong]

 

[Claytop]

Hmm I already think we're out but you never know.

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

If that’s the case then what’s stopping us doing this sanchez deal? Every market the prices for players/agents go higher and higher it’s simply part of the game.

Because he said he wanted to play for Pep and had agreed the wages, which is why Soriano would also not budge from the supposed offer of £20m.

KDB has three years left on his deal, we are simply in the process of acknowledging him as a our best player.

If I were him and we gave Sanchez £400k per week, he would do well to sit tight and not even renew if City refused to even top that.

I suspect, anyhow, Pep places a lot on integrity and someone's word?

 

[Lemon7277]

Lifted straight from Brennan's desk to next door but ones desk...m.e.n part of the mirror group shock horror

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Why the hell would the rags even want a player that clearly favoured us? I wouldn’t want us to sign a player who would rather play for the scum.

Come on bud, we all know they have no shame

 

[scousemanc]

So City's position is yes, we would really like Sanchez but no, we won't be fucked around by agents. Seems reasonable to me.

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

This has to be coming from united so they can claim that it was a straight choice and he chose them

 

[quiet_riot]

I suspect, anyhow, Pep places a lot on integrity and someone's word?

This - I'd wager in Pep's eyes it says a lot about how someone will be as a squad member if he is reneging on his word before even joining.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

If we go back we must not piss about with wages and instead up his signing bonus.

 

[robbieh]

One thing all this suggests is that City feel we need another goalscorer if we are to maximize our potential this season.

If Kun gets a bad injury it heaps a lot of pressure on GJ. Ideally we would have someone who could step in from the youth setup.

 

[baggy]

As much as we need him/want him here if the numbers rumoured are true then this would cause major disruptions with ongoing wage policy and no doubt cause issues with other players further down the line.

For this reason, we walk away let him join another club and reinforce in the summer.

Id say the league and a domestic cup are nailed on this year and Sanchez would've really pushed our ECL campaign but still not worth the potential disruption.

Ah well...

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

City refused to raise personal terms.

Still, a good stick to tar City with if Sanchez joins United and they can say he could have earned the same at the Etihad.

Bullshit.

 

[Dave S]

As much as we need him/want him here if the numbers rumoured are true then this would cause major disruptions with ongoing wage policy and no doubt cause issues with other players further down the line.

For this reason, we walk away let him join another club and reinforce in the summer.

Id say the league and a domestic cup are nailed on this year and Sanchez would've really pushed our ECL campaign but still not worth the potential disruption.

Ah well...

Agree with this.

 

[mancity1]

Because he said he wanted to play for Pep and had agreed the wages, which is why Soriano would also not budge from the supposed offer of £20m.

KDB has three years left on his deal, we are simply in the process of acknowledging him as a our best player.

If I were him and we gave Sanchez £400k per week, he would do well to sit tight and not even renew if City refused to even top that.

I suspect, anyhow, Pep places a lot on integrity and someone's word?

More importantly Tolmie do you still believe we will lose 3 games this season , I figure you had us down for a loss on Sunday.

I am sure both us of us would be very pleased if we were to lose 2 of our remaining 15 games.