Alexis Sanchez

[waspish]

I agree but surely this is going to prove very difficult to achieve with Arsenal not wanting him to go go to a PL rival ?

History tells you Arsenal will sell rather than let a player go for nowt unlike us. If he doesn't sign he be sold.

 

[Bluearmy]

You can't add Sanchez without losing one of our forwards. He's a special player, probably the best player in the Premiership, but it would be like buying Yaya Toure at his peak i.e. the right player at the wrong time.

We've already lost Navas and Nolito and Kelechi are on their way. That will be 3 bodies gone, that were involved in 95 games last season. We can easily add Sanchez, without losing anyone else apart from the 3 above.

 

[Bluearmy]

I still stand on my opinion. We don't need him, it would be overkill in the attacking area.

Navas has gone. Kelechi and Nolito will also go!! Aguero, Jesus, Sane and Sterling for the front 3 positions isn't enough! Sanchez would add an extra body and can play in all 3 positions. And is world class. It's a no brainer...!

 

[ojeme]

I still stand on my opinion. We don't need him, it would be overkill in the attacking area.

Fair enough but would you consider an attacking lineup of Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo, Morata, Isco and Asensio an overkill?

 

[Damocles]

I still stand on my opinion. We don't need him, it would be overkill in the attacking area.

I know where you're coming from with this.

But Pep is used to big clubs and big clubs sign all these great, talented players and keep them all happy. As long as they're happy and the club can afford them, does it really matter?

 

[I'm With Stupid]

We've already lost Navas and Nolito and Kelechi are on their way. That will be 3 bodies gone, that were involved in 95 games last season. We can easily add Sanchez, without losing anyone else apart from the 3 above.

True, but with Sanchez, it's more a case of who would start. Nolito seems reasonably happy to be a backup whereas Sanchez would expect to (and probably would) start most games. So who misses out? They might have been involved in 91 games, but they collectively played 2921 minutes in the league and CL, which is 503 minutes less than Kevin De Bruyne.

Here's a list of our attacking players and how many games they played in (substitute appearances in brackets):

KDB - 53 (5)
Aguero - 44 (8)
Sterling - 46 (6)
Silva - 46 (3)
Sane - 37 (8)
Jesus - 11 (2)
Navas - 35 (17)
Nolito - 28 (14)
Iheanacho - 28 (20)

If you add up Navas, Iheanacho and Nolito, you get 40 starts, which it just about enough to bring a player like Sanchez in and keep him happy. But we've already brought in Bernardo in a similar position, and we'd probably expect Jesus to make an extra 30 appearances next season. I can't see us bringing Sanchez in tbh, unless we're basically saying that either Sterling, Silva or Aguero are finished at the club, or at least willing to play a backup role for a significant number of games. And I can't see Pep doing that.

 

[Marvin]

Navas has gone. Kelechi and Nolito will also go!! Aguero, Jesus, Sane and Sterling for the front 3 positions isn't enough! Sanchez would add an extra body and can play in all 3 positions. And is world class. It's a no brainer...!

But Navas and Nolito were not near the first team. Navas featured as a right back. 4 into 3 with additional cover from a young player like Roberts works, but 5 is too much.

 

[Silva2021]

Still think Sanchez can play 4 positions for us and add a lot in all.

A from 5 of Jesus, Sane, Aguero, Silva, Sanchez would be amazing.

I do see Sterling as being the one to miss out, his lack of confidence in front of goal must be a concern for Pep and you can guarantee he has probably spent 9 months trying to help without much success

 

[Neville Kneville]

I don'g see why the attacking players have to be looked upon as special cases. We sign mids & defenders, the most consistent ones usually make their way into the regular matchday squad & the ones who don't do the job, get moved on.

Why shouldn't that be the case for the attackers, whoever they are. The ones who can't get in, go, this time next year.

 

[CityAcrossThePond]

Meh...

From a team chemistry standpoint, I really hope we don't sign Sanchez.

Pouting... seemingly upset at team-mates all the time - ugh. Pep likes him, though, I guess.

Best case for me - Arsenal convince him to stay.