Alexis Sanchez

[manimanc]

True I was buzzing to sign him but that’s because he reminds me so much of Marcelo Salas who we missed out on signing a long time ago when I was a young one. I was gutted at the time.

Missed out? You didn't want him anyway did you?

 

[vincent]

True I was buzzing to sign him but that’s because he reminds me so much of Marcelo Salas who we missed out on signing a long time ago when I was a young one. I was gutted at the time.

Apart from Sanchez is coming towards the end of his career. Salas was coming into his prime.

 

[fredmont]

Just remembered that Sanchez/agent was asking for outlandish money in the summer from PSG and Bayern, somewhere around 300k per week. I think everyone thought he was doing this knowing it was not acceptable to those teams, thus leaving him free to come to us at 200+ per week in January or the summer. Now it's 500k, a ridiculous amount for a player of his stature, he is no Ronaldo or Messi,and I think the rags have been well and truly mugged.
I have no doubt he will improve the rags but can he suddenly up his game? He's been pretty average so far this season, I'm sure the Arsenal fans will be even more pissed off if he does (not that it will bother him).

There will be the usual fanfare if/when he signs but he has basically been able to mug them because they are so desperate. A strange way to start a relationship with one's new employer.

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

Falcao is proof that no matter how good you are, football is a team game and you cannot play with shit.

 

[Mikejl]

Please ignore. It's The Express!

What’s wrong with The Express, it’s the newspaper that let us all know that The EU and various types of extreme weather killed Princess Diana...

 

[citizens_1976]

If you read the article in depth, it says Utd are paying around 250k a week after tax, so that works out to around 500k a week before tax.

I am glad we walked away and fucked him off. That is absolutely bonkers.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Falcao is proof that no matter how good you are, football is a team game and you cannot play with shit.

Amazing difference between the player we saw for Monaco v City & the bag of fucking shite we saw for the rags.

Hopefully Sanchez will be a similar success there.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

Has he signed for them yet or is he still lay at home wrapped up in his utd duvet that he's had from being a boy?

 

[San Tropez]

One thing has become very clear - Sanchez did not price himself out of a move to PSG and Bayern. He really was serious about the 400k/w he demanded.

 

[Metalartin]

If you read the article in depth, it says Utd are paying around 250k a week after tax, so that works out to around 500k a week before tax.

I am glad we walked away and fucked him off. That is absolutely bonkers.

Sneaky fuckers trying to get it under the radar with after tax figures. They seem to get help from the press keeping their figures under wraps where as the highest possible rumour is the one they like best for City, with bonuses added in, sometimes even all the wages for the full length of the contract, "in a deal worth".

 

[TCIB]

Bloody hell, 400-500 a week before tax, a WEEK. That has made my eyes water.

 

[Neville Kneville]

One thing has become very clear - Sanchez did not price himself out of a move to PSG and Bayern. He really was serious about the 400k/w he demanded.

It's very strange because there is no chance in hell City would pay anything like that amount. Yet he was coming to City.

Perhaps he was taking the piss in summer, asking for stupid money in order to force a move to City, assuming nobody would ever pay it, but Raiola came up with this plan re Mick O Terryan & they found there is a club dumb & desperate enough to actually say 'yes' & are laughing all the way to the bank.

 

[BertTrautmann'sParachute]

Not surprised he's going to the theatre of increasing desperation for that money. Football is a short career and he's probably only got about £20 million in the bank at the moment.

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

It's very strange because there is no chance in hell City would pay anything like that amount. Yet he was coming to City.

Perhaps he was taking the piss in summer, asking for stupid money in order to force a move to City, assuming nobody would ever pay it, but Raiola came up with this plan re Mick O Terryan & they found there is a club dumb & desperate enough to actually say 'yes' & are laughing all the way to the bank.

You have to admit he and his agent have played a blinder in this whole thing by luck or judgement he has to be going to make twice what he expected

 

[kupest]

are we sure all wages published like when Rooney was on 300k are before tax?

 

[cookster]

True I was buzzing to sign him but that’s because he reminds me so much of Marcelo Salas who we missed out on signing a long time ago when I was a young one. I was gutted at the time.

Why not fucking "Salas" then?

 

[Neville Kneville]

You have to admit he and his agent have played a blinder in this whole thing by luck or judgement he has to be going to make twice what he expected

If it happens.

If it doesn't, he can't go to Utd, Bayern, City in the summer.

Chelsea maybe ?

Unless the gentleman's agreement he had with City in the summer, allows him to ask for pisstake money from others & sign for us if he doesn't get it.

In which case he would still be in our sights if the rag deal fell through.

 

[pudge]

If you read the article in depth, it says Utd are paying around 250k a week after tax, so that works out to around 500k a week before tax.

I am glad we walked away and fucked him off. That is absolutely bonkers.

I imagine, to be fair, that most if not all reported wages for Premier League players are after tax.

 

[Feed the Elk]

At least I can understand why he doesn’t need to go to China

 

[aguero93:20]

I imagine, to be fair, that most if not all reported wages for Premier League players are after tax.

Total wage bills don't make complete sense otherwise tbf. The rags would have everyone believe that 25 players on an average of 5m a season equates to a 260m annual wage bill.