Alexis Sanchez

[Churchlawtonblue]

If he now ends up at Chelsea or Madrid that will be funny !

 

[Machiavelli]

Then he becomes shit.

Then he cuts his hair and returns from whence he came.

 

[Churchlawtonblue]

I'd piss myself if Conte gets him over Maureen! Come on roman get your fucking wallet out and sell Luiz to some Chinese outfit for £100m to help you!

Same here, that would be pretty funny.

 

[Jack Hackett]

OK Thomas. You da man. I love the word ‘deluded’ on football forums.

Funnily enough, its always an adjective used to qualify the object of a sentence, never the subject...

 

[bumbleblue]

@Jack Hackett, @GunnerGer which would you rather in exchange Micky wotsit or Karim Benzema?

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

If he now ends up at Chelsea or Madrid that will be funny !

If the madrid link is true this could be his get out clause to do a runner from the uk lol

 

[SebastianBlue]

Then he cuts his hair and returns from whence he came.

Samson-like.

 

[Machiavelli]

Samson-lite.

 

[eversince 76]

If Sanchez isn’t coming to us I was right all the way. He WOULD HAVE BEEN another Rodney Marsh.

 

[Machiavelli]

If the madrid link is true this could be his get out clause to do a runner from the uk lol

But his well groomed and beautiful family arrived in the UK on Saturday?

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

To put salary levels in context, what are the highest salaries roughly at the top 6?

Us - Yaya £230k
Manure - pogbad £300k
Chelski - Hazard £200k
Arse - Ozil/Sanchez 140k
Dippers - vvd - £150k
Spuds - Kane -£120k

What gets me is that you get some right greedy bastards like a Neymar, Sanchez etc but at the opposite end why is a Harry Kane content at Spuds, not even a hint of him demanding mega bucks.

The downside of Sanchez’s move, wherever he ends up is that it will force wages up to a level across the board that most clubs/fans could have perceived so quickly. It’s similar to the escalation in transfer fees this past couple of windows.

We will have to bite the bullet and join in sooner rather than later

 

[Jack Hackett]

@Jack Hackett, @GunnerGer which would you rather in exchange Micky wotsit or Karim Benzema?

Benzema

I don't rate Mkhitaryan, especially given the last 5 digits of his name which suggests he's a closet white supremacist ;>)

But, I do think this Real Madrid stuff is bollox

 

[KDBtojesus]

He won’t go Chelsea

If they aren’t willing to pay huge money to hazard they sure as hell aren’t making him earning loads more than hazard

 

[toutmaster]

If the madrid link is true this could be his get out clause to do a runner from the uk lol

I totally agree he may have burnt his bridges here . I would piss myself if he had to stay at Arsenal but that's a long shot

 

[dachoosen1]

If we don't get him would rather him at the rags Chelsea is a decent outfit and will be better next season and real are nailed on to get us in champs league, let him play RB at utd.

 

[Metalartin]

We will have to bite the bullet and join in sooner rather than later

Or players that do motion towards wanting to join "the project" and play under Pep will look at what NOT to do in future. We can walk out of any deal we want if we feel they are taking the piss now, there's many players but only one City!


In all seriousness it's about knowing how much weight/leverage you have at the time of business... we are in a very strong position right now and should use it like we did here. The football, the coach, the facilities, the squad, the chances of silverware... it's all looking very good, not many clubs in the world can offer all of that at this moment in time. If that changes we then will have to pay whatever it takes but we're not at that place so why should we? It's not a disaster that we didn't sign him for those terms. We can go again in the summer.

 

[goalmole]

Exactly mate, posted the exact same earlier on this evening. He’s tried to be clever and ended up looking like he’s going to have to join a club purely for the money, not the end of the world obviously but pretty sure trophies and beautiful football would have been important to him too, he’s just fucked that part up. Serves him right, lol.

And the best part is that he could have had a new contract at Arsenal if all he wanted was money. He didn't, he wanted to be part of a team that was challenging for and winning trophies which he knew he couldn't get at Arsenal. Now all he has done is painted himself into a corner whereby either he swallows his pride, eats humble pie and licks up his own spit by crawling back to city on the terms agreed this summer or he goes to them where he will get more money but he will be just as unhappy, as he was at Arsenal or even unhappier because he wont get to play the free flowing football that he loves. The only club that could give him everything he craved, give or take the odd million, was City, unfortunately he got too smart for his own good and fucked it up. All in my opinion, of course.

 

[Rammy Blue]

To put salary levels in context, what are the highest salaries roughly at the top 6?

Us - Yaya £230k
Manure - pogbad £300k
Chelski - Hazard £200k
Arse - Ozil/Sanchez 140k
Dippers - vvd - £150k
Spuds - Kane -£120k

What gets me is that you get some right greedy bastards like a Neymar, Sanchez etc but at the opposite end why is a Harry Kane content at Spuds, not even a hint of him demanding mega bucks.

The downside of Sanchez’s move, wherever he ends up is that it will force wages up to a level across the board that most clubs/fans could have perceived so quickly. It’s similar to the escalation in transfer fees this past couple of windows.

We will have to bite the bullet and join in sooner rather than later

Players who are nearing end of contract will always get a higher wage at a new club so won’t necessarily distort things too badly.

 

[Fat Chance]

Sure we did, but I don't remember any of them tarting themselves round clubs so publicly to get a few more million after they had already agreed a deal. Do you. So turn it in yourself lol

Bingo

 

[City_Sean]

And the best part is that he could have had a new contract at Arsenal if all he wanted was money. He didn't, he wanted to be part of a team that was challenging for and winning trophies which he knew he couldn't get at Arsenal. Now all he has done is painted himself into a corner whereby either he swallows his pride, eats humble pie and licks up his own spit by crawling back to city on the terms agreed this summer or he goes to them where he will get more money but he will be just as unhappy, as he was at Arsenal or even unhappier because he wont get to play the free flowing football that he loves. The only club that could give him everything he craved, give or take the odd million, was City, unfortunately he got too smart for his own good and fucked it up. All in my opinion, of course.

True but at the same time the club aren't totally blameless. They dallied all summer and didn't put the money on the table until it was too late. Hazard, Isco and now Sanchez. We're missing out on world class players because we don't wrap up deals quickly enough.