Alexis Sanchez

[bobmcfc]

Where have all the gooner posters they have all gone quiet! Ha!

All on Arsenal mania wetting themselves at the prospect of getting sterling and £70m

 

[domalino]

It's really annoying me that the Times, M.E.N., Guardian and Telegraph are still trying to say Sterling is being used as a make-weight, and not only that, but it's been a surprise to him, as if we're blindsiding him. Not to mention they're all trying to drum up Aguero drama again.

 

[Johnny_on]

Rags posing as Blues on TS now... called Bravo "Brava" when slagging off Pep's decisions.....

Don't underestimate parts of our own fan base :-)

 

[J_MCFC21]

Where have all the gooner posters they have all gone quiet! Ha!

They all still think we are giving them Sterling + 70m. Leave them be.

 

[Tanzeylee]

It's really annoying me that the Times, M.E.N., Guardian and Telegraph are still trying to say Sterling is being used as a make-weight, and not only that, but it's been a surprise to him, as if we're blindsiding him. Not to mention they're all trying to drum up Aguero drama again.

Annoying but not a surprise

 

[Pablo ZZZ Peroni]

If Arsenal had asked to take Sterling in part exchange for Sanchez, would the club have been obliged to tell Sterling? Don't players often have it written into their contracts that they have if to be notified if their club receive an offer for them? So if Sterling is away with England and someone from City contacts him (or his agent) to tell them that Arsenal want him (even though City do not want to sell), could that have been leaked to the media (perhaps by the agent).

John Cross from Mirror was the one who initiated the story yesterday with the "City offering Sterling to clinch deal blah blah". Then Simon Mullock from S Mirror but reliable for the City end said it was Arsenal who brought Sterling to the table and that City wanting cash deal only.

Someone asked Tolmie on here yesterday morning about the big difference of info from 2 journalists at the same newspaper group. tolmie replied:

"Cross isn't wrong. He's pals with Sterling's agent.
More a case of Arsenal chancing their arm. It only becomes an issue if we ask Sterling what his thoughts are.
Cash is king"

I''d take from that Sterling's agent was 100% aware of what was happening and before it broke in the media and that Cross made a speculative "exclsuive" on the back of it.

 

[waspish]

At least this that Sterling in part of any deal has been Squashed and at least it's been on the yellow ticker for over an hour to put that well and truly to bed by the bullshit media.

 

[Marvin]

Snippet from Simon Stone, BBC. Pretty obvious really. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/41087478

"Manchester City do not regard the Alexis Sanchez situation as over because their £50m bid has been turned down.

Now dialogue is established between City and Arsenal, City can try to establish what Arsenal want in terms of fee and, potentially, player exchange, with every option being treated on its merits."

 

[oakiecokie]

For Sanchez to ask permission to leave Chile for some "private business" means that he must have had contact from Arsenal to say a deal had been concluded, and as one or two other have suggested its all about posturing from the Gunners.
OK maybe his agent or City have told him but I would still expect Arsenal to have confirmed this with him.Could well be that the medical will happen in Chile and no doubt about it,all the pennies will have been accepted and its just a matter of signing the paperwork.
I`m still in the corner of "don`t care how much it costs (within reason),get it done now lads".

 

[Lancet Fluke]

I wonder how much of it is (like the dippers) due to believing in their own hype. They are part of the old Sky 4, fawned over by the media, and feted as a giant of the game. The old 'Who wouldn't want to play for us, we've won the league 11 times' mentality runs deep in these cnuts. Personally I think they simply fail to grasp the point that modern day footballers ain't that interested in what teams have won in the past, but rather what they're likely to win in the future. They want to jump into a balloon basket with a roaring flame going and a blue sky destination, not one with a fucking great hole in it plummeting towards an electricity pylon

The fact that only a few weeks ago Wenger was saying that he was confident Sanchez would sign a new contract suggest that you're right, they're utterly deluded.