Alexis Sanchez

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The thing is, one of the main reasons Sanchez wanted to sign for City was because of Pep, if City don't win anything this year Pep could be out on his arse which means Alexis would be less inclined to join the club, thus opening the possibility of signing for another team in Europe/premier league.

For City to sign Sanchez we have to keep Pep, for city to keep pep he needs to win a trophy. Nice bit of added pressure...
 
OrigamiNinja said:
I think the most sensible thing to do for all parties would be to come to an agreement ASAP that Sanchez will sign for us 1st Jan. At least then Arsenal will get some money and a player that might actually put some effort in for 4 months. Sanchez can relax knowing he is getting the move he wants and City know they are getting the player and probably at a cheaper price.
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Sounds like a sensible solution for both Arsenal, City and the player.

The biggest fly in the ointment is surely the fuckwit powers at Arsenal who do not appear to have a sensible brain cell spread across the manager or board of non-functioning directors .

The senile French one being allowed to sign a new contract says everything about their capabilities .
 
KS55 said:
Eh up, what's this ? Reports from Chile that Sanchez signed a contract with City. Doesn't fulfil transfer requirements but interesting. Some suggestion that we might sue Arse for failure to complete, but I doubt that. What next ?
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If that's the case then Arsenal should have seen it through. Very unprofessional.
 
MaccBlueSS115 said:
The thing is, one of the main reasons Sanchez wanted to sign for City was because of Pep, if City don't win anything this year Pep could be out on his arse which means Alexis would be less inclined to join the club, thus opening the possibility of signing for another team in Europe/premier league.

For City to sign Sanchez we have to keep Pep, for city to keep pep he needs to win a trophy. Nice bit of added pressure...
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Given the age of our squad and the turnover to get there, I don't think Pep needs a trophy to stay, he just needs to challenge on all fronts. Of course it'd be a huge disappointment not winning anything but I don't think that's the end of Pep, we've waited years for him.
 
It's his poor dogs that I feel for. Imagine the kicking they got last night.
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I would have laughed my head off if Sanchez had got injured in last nights match. Arsenal stuck with an unhappy and injured player after flushing £60 mil down the toilet.
 
kristianpike said:
If he signed the contract isn't he our player?

Slightly wishful thinking....
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Its not surprising that he signed a contract with City in advance of the deal being completed. He had a match to play yesterday and obviously couldnt break off to see his solicitor. And the terms of Sanchez's contract with City were agreed ages ago.

Isn't it like buying a house? You would normally sign the purchase contract and leave it with your solicitor several days before the formalities are complete. If everything goes to plan your solicitor exchanges contracts with the seller's solicitor and you have a binding contract. If someone in the chain pulls out at the last minute, contracts are not exchanged, the contract that you have signed is binned.
 
OrigamiNinja said:
City would have completed this transfer on the 1st day of the window given the opportunity. It dragged out because Arsenal tried selling him everywhere but City, first it was Bayern, then it was PSG. It somehow took Arsenal 3 months to realise what we all knew from the start, that Sanchez was deadly serious about wanting only City and that he would not be bullied into going elsewhere. It went to the last day because the powers that be at Arsenal thought Sanchez would eventually back down, when he didn't, they panicked. If Wenger and the board had done their job properly, Sanchez would have signed for City weeks ago and you would have gone out and bought a player or players that actually wanted to play for you.

We all defend our clubs and I don't blame you for defending yours but on this occasion you are dead wrong.
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Well said.

I still find it unbelievable how many City fans are still saying why didn't we get it done earlier, really, Arsenal screwed us over big style and after we take Sanchez for free at the end of the season I would strongly advocate that we never do business with the small minded pricks again.
 
I think Arsenal had no intention of selling Sanchez and then they hit Anfield and realised that this is not going to work, the window was upon them and the only thing they could do is ask us for players.

The ball has turned full circle. Once Arsenal were the modern revolutionising club, under the French man Wenger, who brought the English beautiful football, and modern methods. City meanwhile were somewhere in the shadows suffering. Now Arsenal are run by this same man, but the world has moved on. He carries everything in his intelligent head, but its no match for systems and software of a footballing directorate whose job it is to cover the whole of European and South American football. One man cannot substitute for that and he was left massively wanting, and their lack of preparedness impacted on us.
 
MCFC1993 said:
Given the age of our squad and the turnover to get there, I don't think Pep needs a trophy to stay, he just needs to challenge on all fronts. Of course it'd be a huge disappointment not winning anything but I don't think that's the end of Pep, we've waited years for him.
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The Club will expect silverware with the financial outlay over the last 2 summers, his name alone can not save him.
 
SWP's back said:
And that 5 months also represents 20-25% of the remainder of his career at his very prime.
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All the more reason for him to look for the best deal for him financially. I nice golden handshake from City or another club will only be on the table if he goes on a free. If the club has paid a transfer fee to Arsenal that fee seriously effects what the player gets in their new contract. To wait a few months would probably boost his deal by £10M
 
Pep will not be sacked even if we finish outside top4 which we won't he's the reason we have all these top players because they want to play for him that alone will save him.
 
uwe rosler 28 said:
Pep will not be sacked even if we finish outside top4 which we won't he's the reason we have all these top players because they want to play for him that alone will save him.
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I'm not necessarily advocating sacking people but surely the point of amassing great players is so that you can challenge for title?s If he fails to do that with the resources he has available then i can't see how this season can go down as anything other than a huge failure for which he has to held accountable for. I don't have a problem with the fact we went all out to bring him in, but there also needs to be at least some contingency plan in place for if it unexpectedly transpires he's not the right man for the job. It feels like we spent a lot of time preparing to bring him here but it doesn't always feel like we've planned much further beyond that or for if it doesn't work out.
 
uwe rosler 28 said:
Pep will not be sacked even if we finish outside top4 which we won't he's the reason we have all these top players because they want to play for him that alone will save him.
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I dont know about that. If we finish outside the Top 4 after no trophies last year, perhaps the top players might no longer be in a hurry to play for him?

I'm very confident that we will make the Top 4, win trophies and he'll further enhance his reputation. But he's not immune from the need to produce results.
 
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