Alexis Sanchez

[Kinkys Left Foot]

We needed players to replace those out of contract or have left (you are likely to be in this position next year)
The academy lads in those positions aren't yet good enough to sustain a title challenge or win trophies

We didn't set the price
So what should we have done?
Bought ten bob players from League 1 or the Championship in the vague hope of digging up a diamond.
We didn't create the market, vastly overpaying for players started way before we got involved.
Hobsons choice I'm afraid
But hey lets blame city anyway.
How many times have we broken the transfer barrier by the way?

 

[malg]

That constant claim that we're running the club the right way annoys Arsenal fans more than anything, as it's obvious they couldn't run a fucking egg and spoon race, let alone one of the worlds biggest football clubs.

It's the media narrative though isn't it. If you asked the normal Talkshite listening, Sun reading football fan, they'd probably have Arsenal right up there with clubs that are run the right way. Just like the Rags and playing the 'Yoonited Way' - they've been playing shite football since GPC left, but it won't stop the media narrative though.

So, what is it Arsenal fans want? Would you prefer a change of owners of a change of manager? I know a change of owner may well lead to a change of manager, but if given the choice, which one is a higher priority for you - owner or manager?

 

[dave_blue12]

You're likely failure to get Sanchez is kinda your own fault and that of clubs like PSG.

With the inflated transfer prices you and the others are paying the transfer markets been pushed to a crazy place where it's no longer viable to sell players like Sanchez for £50m as they are impossible to replace for that money. The same has happened with Keita at Leipzig.

No way would Wenger have not sold him to you if he thought he could replace him for the same kind of money. Alas, at the other end of the scale, it's sad for us, because the insane prices now mean Alexis could be the last truly world class player we see at the Emirates for a long time.

We had to sign some quality fullbacks. It was the selling clubs who set the price. Levy has a lot to answer for ;-)

 

[Cityisland]

You're likely failure to get Sanchez is kinda your own fault and that of clubs like PSG.

With the inflated transfer prices you and the others are paying the transfer markets been pushed to a crazy place where it's no longer viable to sell players like Sanchez for £50m as they are impossible to replace for that money. The same has happened with Keita at Leipzig.

No way would Wenger have not sold him to you if he thought he could replace him for the same kind of money. Alas, at the other end of the scale, it's sad for us, because the insane prices now mean Alexis could be the last truly world class player we see at the Emirates for a long time.

£50mil is a fair price for a player in the final year of his contract.

Its Arsenals fault that they are in this situation as the management are utterly incompetent when it comes to renewing contracts.

You appear to come across like you have won some form of moral high ground. You sell for the price teams are willing to pay or lose him for nothing. Well done!

Frankly, Id be embarrassed if my team repeatedly found themselves in this kind of situation. Dont understand the need to come and spout off on other clubs forum, especially when the window is open and literally anything can happen until it closes (see Neymar).

 

[Robbiegunn]

We needed players to replace those out of contract or have left (you are likely to be in this position next year)
The academy lads in those positions aren't yet good enough to sustain a title challenge or win trophies

We didn't set the price
So what should we have done?
Bought ten bob players from League 1 or the Championship in the vague hope of digging up a diamond.
We didn't create the market, vastly overpaying for players started way before we got involved.
Hobsons choice I'm afraid
But hey lets blame city anyway.
How many times have we broken the transfer barrier by the way?

Sorry, I didn't mean to specifically blame you, it's the whole system that's fucked.

Sanchez wants to leave. We should be able to replace him for similar quality for around the same price, maybe with a few quid on top. But no, we would have to double the fifty mill in order to do that, and we're still not guaranteed it because we're haven't got the lure of the champions league. It just makes more sense to keep him on his current wages for a year. What a player for £140k a week.

 

[Johnny_on]

You're likely failure to get Sanchez is kinda your own fault and that of clubs like PSG.

With the inflated transfer prices you and the others are paying the transfer markets been pushed to a crazy place where it's no longer viable to sell players like Sanchez for £50m as they are impossible to replace for that money.

Interesting that you think we set the prices. Not the selling club. It's funny watching Wenger and Klopp et al say prices have gone crazy, then ask for £100m for Coutinho and £60m for a player you let go into his last year....

 

[Robbiegunn]

£50mil is a fair price for a player in the final year of his contract.

Its Arsenals fault that they are in this situation as the management are utterly incompetent when it comes to renewing contracts.

You appear to come across like you have won some form of moral high ground. You sell for the price teams are willing to pay or lose him for nothing. Well done!

Frankly, Id be embarrassed if my team repeatedly found themselves in this kind of situation. Dont understand the need to come and spout off on other clubs forum, especially when the window is open and literally anything can happen until it closes (see Neymar).

It might be a fair price, but we still couldn't replace him for that, that's my point.

 

[Jazzman]

Interesting that you think we set the prices. Not the selling club. It's funny watching Wenger and Klopp et al say prices have gone crazy, then ask for £100m for Coutinho and £60m for a player you let go into his last year....

Spot on. A good example is that Dortmund today indicates to be willing to discuss selling Dembele for a price of 100 million. Why are the selling clubs never mentioned as being unethical?

 

[robbieh]

Our team in my opinion won't look to far from this.

......................Ederson
Walker.....Kompany......Otamendi.....Mendy
......................Dinho
.......Bernardo.......Silva.............KdB
............Jesus...............Kun

Bench

Stones, Sane, Sterling, Yaya, Gundongan, Danilo, Bravo

The idea that we can buy Sanchez and Mbappe is frankly absurd. Jesus and Kun to join the already ridiculous bench. No way.

Even one of them means that Kun wold probably have to be benched.

 

[Robbiegunn]

That's a crazy bench.