I do not know how reliable the International Business Times is but they have just reported that Arsenal want 10 million plus Mikey Tarian as basically they are the same age but Mikey is not as good. Seems fair to me and it means that despite what you read, this has someway to go yet.
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Young Blue
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I just don't see United in a positive light, they play dull defensive football and they are paying massive inflationary wages for him that will drive up players' wages world wide. I dislike them more than any other club.You are very keen we see Utd in a positive light, young blue.
However Sanchez has not suddenly become an old, incompetent player because he's not joined us. I want us City fans to be honest and truthful about football, not deluded like many of their fans. To me it's a blow he's joined them and I don't mind admitting it. He wanted us, Pep wanted him.
I believe we could have got him without the massive wages if we had gone for him this window, instead of trying to put him off until summer.
I assume it's because we have limited squad places and consider other positions more important, but I am still disappointed not getting him.
Norwegian_Blue
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The money involved in this Sanchez -> United deal is absolutely revolting. 180 million and rising for a player with six months left on his contract...
I hope so, but it feels like for the very best players we miss out or baulk at the fees.
What wil we need to spend in summer to maintain the gap, possibly replace a legendary goalscorer in Kun and who of that level is available? I don't think Dybala or Aubameyang are that great. Lewandowski maybe? Getting on though. Kane or Mbappe ( another one missed if PSG honour that buyout clause) were pretty much all there is.
I would prefer us to buy a quality youngster for less money and make them world class. As we have with Jesus, Sane, Stones etc.
Buying the finished article in Kane, Hazard et al is a huge risk financially.
The Riot Club
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The money involved in this Sanchez -> United deal is absolutely revolting. 180 million and rising for a player with six months left on his contract...
Why does it bother you? Unless you're paying for him.
All I want to see is a dominant and succesful City. Whatever the cost.
Neville Kneville
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Blue tinted specs on this.
Utd are a mish mash of a team, but they have shit loads of money and they can afford it.
No, they can afford it at the expence of someone else.
Whatever money they have, Mourinho was going to spend it. They have chosen to spend double the value on a 29 year old player who has not been in consistently top form for a year. That money, was going somewhere else, in the summer. Maybe even as a crazy bid on the younger bloke we will sign.
They have the choice, to build a team, like Pep is doing. They are instead, grabbing everything they can & hoping to fit it together.
This is a desperate attempt to cling onto relevance, because they are scared of being left behind, not part of a team building plan.
It's a fucking shit way of operating & you should not let them off the hook for it.
One problem, we are prepared to pay more than anybody else in the world for the right players.
There's only so far even United can go to deploy a possible strategy of deliberately inflating the market.
This is still only Alexis Sanchez we are talking about here at the end of the day.
It's a good theory but Mourinho's comments challenging the board recently are probably not far from the truth?
He needs even more cash to buy off the top shelf because he can't compete with what Pep is building at half the cost.
The problem is, we already know spending huge amounts still doesn't guarantee absolute success.
It didn't with us either and we made some mistakes along the way on and off the field which is all part of the learning process.
Our owners are younger , hungrier and more adept to changing with the landscape but still respect the passage of time.
Manure's owners are sons of the old school that didn't respect what it means to lose with grace so you enjoy the wins more.
The thing about Mou is he is a broken record and a bitter man and as he said a lonely man thinking whether his record and legacy is of any note now in the management cycle.
At Manure he will always be compared to Fergie and was a non discript before he joined hence his wish to wage petty wars with other managers than are meaningless and reinforces the public perception of him as a bitter and twisted individual almost psychopathic like.
Sometimes the tune can be melodic and consistent but in the end you want a new record.
The Riot Club
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I would prefer us to buy a quality youngster for less money and make them world class. As we have with Jesus, Sane, Stones etc.
Buying the finished article in Kane, Hazard et al is a huge risk financially.
Is there anyone out there who is that good though? And we already have lots of inconsistent potential, if Kun goes or gets injured or loses form we actually need to mix this potential with a proven regular goalscorer.
I don't think Kane or Hazard would be a risk as they're proven over seasons in this league. It's more of a risk bringing in a player from abroad for big money though.
manimanc
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If you say massive one more fuckin time...I just don't see United in a positive light, they play dull defensive football and they are paying massive inflationary wages for him that will drive up players' wages world wide. I dislike them more than any other club.
However Sanchez has not suddenly become an old, incompetent player because he's not joined us. I want us City fans to be honest and truthful about football, not deluded like many of their fans. To me it's a blow he's joined them and I don't mind admitting it. He wanted us, Pep wanted him.
I believe we could have got him without the massive wages if we had gone for him this window, instead of trying to put him off until summer.
I assume it's because we have limited squad places and consider other positions more important, but I am still disappointed not getting him.
abu13
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On the plus side of this deal, if it is a 4.5 deal as suggested they will be paying him this ridiculous wage when he is virtually 34 years old.
Another positive is that to play him i would suggest Martial and Rashford are going to be the ones to suffer,
Who is going to play on the right wing?
They have Martial, Rashford, Young and now Sanchez all vying foe the left wing slot and no fucker on the right:)
Another positive is that to play him i would suggest Martial and Rashford are going to be the ones to suffer,
Who is going to play on the right wing?
They have Martial, Rashford, Young and now Sanchez all vying foe the left wing slot and no fucker on the right:)
tolmie's hairdoo
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Is there anyone out there who is that good though? And we already have lots of inconsistent potential, if Kun goes or gets injured or loses form we actually need to mix this potential with a proven regular goalscorer.
I don't think Kane or Hazard would be a risk as they're proven over seasons in this league. It's more of a risk bringing in a player from abroad for big money though.
Vardy ;)
goalmole
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They can't sign every player that comes along. They've taken a gamble that may come off or it may drive them further into the shit.
Would any of us really have been happy for us to spunk that kind of money on Sanchez and stunt our development and progress in the transfer market, I wouldn't.
I think some of us are smarting over the fact that they've beaten us to him rather than the fact of us missing out.
We have a great team, and a great management, and we will continue to strengthen, challenge for and win trophies for the foreseeable future. When the fog clears we will all see the real picture and feel better for it.
Would any of us really have been happy for us to spunk that kind of money on Sanchez and stunt our development and progress in the transfer market, I wouldn't.
I think some of us are smarting over the fact that they've beaten us to him rather than the fact of us missing out.
We have a great team, and a great management, and we will continue to strengthen, challenge for and win trophies for the foreseeable future. When the fog clears we will all see the real picture and feel better for it.
birchwoodgingerste
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Not a bad deal for arsenal they get ozil replacement and bit of cash.
The Riot Club
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Vardy ;)
Good shout! Are we even interested though?
Neville Kneville
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I just don't see United in a positive light, they play dull defensive football and they are paying massive inflationary wages for him that will drive up players' wages world wide. I dislike them more than any other club.
However Sanchez has not suddenly become an old, incompetent player because he's not joined us. I want us City fans to be honest and truthful about football, not deluded like many of their fans. To me it's a blow he's joined them and I don't mind admitting it. He wanted us, Pep wanted him.
I believe we could have got him without the massive wages if we had gone for him this window, instead of trying to put him off until summer.
I assume it's because we have limited squad places and consider other positions more important, but I am still disappointed not getting him.
Well in some world, perhaps Arsenal would sell a player to us, without inviting bids from other clubs.
In the real one however, it would make no sense.
As the agent involved in the deal has told you, that this was worked out before the transfer window opened, then you have the choice of believing the worst about City, or accepting that perhaps Utd have spunked a fair bit of next years budget, on a 29 year old who hasn't been playing particularly well.
Or you can choose to admire them & assume City fucked up, Sanchez agent was just taking the piss out of Mino & Utd with no intetion of seeing it through, when really his client was just waiting for City, & it's all Txiki's fault, instead.
Why does it bother you? Unless you're paying for him.
All I want to see is a dominant and succesful City. Whatever the cost.
That's not what the board want , the manager wants and the true supporter wants Riot because often your username comes into play and we have seen it at our club in recent times in the past on occasion.
We have been , we are and will be successful in the future if we stick to our goals and principles.
I remember the oldest and most successful football club in the now AFL doing on a small scale what Manure are doing now and paying for it for years to come.
2 flags as we call them here in the past 60 years.
goalmole
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Cheeky bid for Martial?On the plus side of this deal, if it is a 4.5 deal as suggested they will be paying him this ridiculous wage when he is virtually 34 years old.
Another positive is that to play him i would suggest Martial and Rashford are going to be the ones to suffer,
Who is going to play on the right wing?
They have Martial, Rashford, Young and now Sanchez all vying foe the left wing slot and no fucker on the right:)
Norwegian_Blue
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Money doesn't usually bother me, but this deal is just mind-boggling. Sanchez is a great player and is probably a good buy for them short term. Football is in the end entertainment for me, and City is providing us with the sort of football we want to see. Hopefully ending the season with a couple of trophies to boot and getting even better players in the summer, whatever the cost ;)Why does it bother you? Unless you're paying for him.
All I want to see is a dominant and succesful City. Whatever the cost.
I do not know how reliable the International Business Times is but they have just reported that Arsenal want 10 million plus Mikey Tarian as basically they are the same age but Mikey is not as good. Seems fair to me and it means that despite what you read, this has someway to go yet.
Think the MUEN would know more myself about the deal...
Check out the Merc wages lol
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...er-news/man-utd-alexis-sanchez-wages-14169438
Per year before a presumed 45 percent tax:£25.5m
Per month before tax: £2.1m
Per week before tax: £490,000
Per day before tax: £70,000
Per hour before tax: £2,900
Per minute before tax: £48
Per second before tax: 80p
manimanc
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I have said get Vardy in another thread but got laughed off it.Vardy ;)
He'd fit perfectly. We need a 3rd striker in the mix and Vardy would be a pest playing for us if , he loves to press.
Perfect in my eyes.
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