Alexis Sanchez

[BimboBob]

Polarised fans?

I thought that meant 50/50...not Johnny FUCKING Evans.

 

[RandomJ]

At least we'll see who truly is in charge over at Arsenal. Wenger or Kroenke. I still refuse to believe they'd let their most valuable player leave on a free and I have more chance of marrying Natalie Portman than Arsenal do of getting Sanchez to sign another contract.

 

[TRUE BLUE NO1]

the bbc website quoting bluemoon....

Very successful window for City

Manchester City

Ric Turner, from Manchester City fan website Blue Moon:

Regardless of whether or not the club manage to secure a deal for Alexis Sanchez before the Thursday deadline, it has been a very successful window for City.

Two of the main problem areas in the squad, goalkeeper and full-back, have been addressed by the signings of Ederson, Kyle Walker, Benjamin Mendy, and Danilo.

Securing the services of the mercurial Bernardo Silva for £43m looked a bargain at the time, and even more so in the light of recent deals.

There is still a slight imbalance to the squad, but it is looking in much better shape than last season. There has been a significant upgrade in quality, with much "dead wood" being moved on, and the average age has come down considerably.

This was always likely to be an exceptionally busy window for the club, with a major overhaul needed for an ageing team. I suspect we won't see activity on this level moving forward. In future there will be a greater emphasis on quality rather than quantity, with one-two premium signings becoming the norm.

Sanchez would be the icing on the cake, of course, and could be the difference in the title race. Another centre half is needed too, although the possible signing of Jonny Evans has polarised fans.

The prospective £30m fee seems excessive given his age, although he ticks certain other boxes (home grown, left sided, comfortable on the ball and so on). With Leicester and Arsenal also interested this could go to the wire, although I suspect many Blues wouldn't be too disappointed if a deal didn't materialise, and Eliaquim Mangala was given another opportunity.

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Ric's name in lights!!;) Made some good points, no matter what happens with Sanchez.....disappointing if we miss on him but great summer window overall.

 

[Taylor]

If we miss out because they can't get Lemar I'd be annoyed.

Stupid by the club to wait so long

 

[kupest]

Just up the bid, get our men to sign Lemar for them if they are so incompetent or Mahrez is waiting at the airport god knows for how long.

 

[chesterbells]

Probably offering dismal personal terms knowing them, and its put him off

 

[Xiphos]

How do you know what Sanchez is or isn't doing?

I know he's notkicked up enough shit to get out of the Arsenal nuthouse, if he had we would have heard about it, i'v said from day 1 this will not happen, he's not commited enough
Only City will push this through by offering west of 75million

 

[Neville Kneville]

Maybe Arsenal din't entertain a bid till the Pool game? Do you know the details ?

None of them do, but if ALL the toys don't arrive straight away somebody has to pay.

 

[jimharri]

There's no way Alexis will be an Arsenal player in the morning.

*bookmarked*

 

[SilverFox2]

Well I think that this thread will see 3000 pages now at least...

So it may be a ploy from TH to get that number of pages or is that the other thread .............