Alexis Sanchez

[johnmc]

Just out of interest, regardless whether Sanchez would go there or not, would Mickey Tarian be an attractive proposition to Arsenal?

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

No, Wenger said he wants him to stay. Big difference, I want a night with Scarlett Johansson but I know it isn't happening.

Things can be arranged...

 

[daztrueblue91]

So please explain to me why is he not a City player today if it was all agreed and Arsenal have had 4 months to find a replacement?

Because Arsenal are struggling to find a replacement and know that they are going to lose out in any potential deal.

It would be like us losing Aguero for peanuts and spending £60+ million on an inferior player at a crucial stage of the season.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Nobody really knows that for sure if it were then why haven't Arsenal got a replacement lined up in all this time and why is Sanchez not now a City player?

Something isn't adding up.

IMO . . . Because Arsenal management has a bad poker hand and are trying to bluff Txixi off a strong hand.

They want City's money and they know Sanchez wants City but are trying to make it appear that they can either get more for him elsewhere or they'd be happy to keep him for another six months to help their "chances." They believe if City don't come in for him at their (Arsenal's) valuation, City might believe that Sanchez would take another deal elsewhere or stay with them, and then open himself up to the highest bidder in June. And because people are people (i.e., fickle and greedy), there's a chance (albeit a low one) of that.

If City know Sanchez wants them and only them -- as I believe -- then its just a function of City calculating what it's worth to City to get him for this year's CL chase or waiting for him on a free. Arsenal are trying to raise seeds of doubt, I'm sure with the Alves situation as a scare tactic.

If Arsenal start lining up a replacement, which they may have done privately anyway (we don't know), it's a tell. City then know they can more confidently lower their offer because Arsenal have someone waiting in the wings.

 

[canyerdogputoutafire]

Not really.

Arsenal didn't want to lose him in the summer as they thought they had a genuine chance of competing for the PL, especially with no CL football as a distraction. An attack of Sanchez, Lacazette and Ozil is amongst the best in the PL and at a minimum it's more than good enough to reach the top 4. There was also the outside chance that he would sign a new deal if Arsenal could muster a title challenge.

However, at the end of the window Arsenal panicked and tried to replace him and take the money but it was too late. Their plans of challenging for the title have gone up shit creek and now they are in a battle to make the top 4.

The realisation has hit home for them and £25 million is nothing in today's market. Keeping Sanchez gives them a better chance of making the top 4 and that would offset any money they could potentially receive in a fee in they sold him now. However, Arsenal will do what they always do, they will get a replacement and then take the money. That is what the hold up is because if they don't get a replacement, then Sanchez will stay there.

Then again, the Arsenal board have heavily backed Wenger this season. They might not have spent what us and United have, but by not cashing in on Ozil and Sanchez, they have effectively gambled £100 million. If Wenger doesn't get a top 4 finish and they both leave on a free then his position will surely be untenable. Yet selling Sanchez and recouping some money will alleviate that risk and is why the deal will get done in January.

Get out of here with the sensible stuff.

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Not really.

Arsenal didn't want to lose him in the summer as they thought they had a genuine chance of competing for the PL, especially with no CL football as a distraction. An attack of Sanchez, Lacazette and Ozil is amongst the best in the PL and at a minimum it's more than good enough to reach the top 4. There was also the outside chance that he would sign a new deal if Arsenal could muster a title challenge.

However, at the end of the window Arsenal panicked and tried to replace him and take the money but it was too late. Their plans of challenging for the title have gone up shit creek and now they are in a battle to make the top 4.

The realisation has hit home for them and £25 million is nothing in today's market. Keeping Sanchez gives them a better chance of making the top 4 and that would offset any money they could potentially receive in a fee in they sold him now. However, Arsenal will do what they always do, they will get a replacement and then take the money. That is what the hold up is because if they don't get a replacement, then Sanchez will stay there.

Then again, the Arsenal board have heavily backed Wenger this season. They might not have spent what us and United have, but by not cashing in on Ozil and Sanchez, they have effectively gambled £100 million. If Wenger doesn't get a top 4 finish and they both leave on a free then his position will surely be untenable. Yet selling Sanchez and recouping some money will alleviate that risk and is why the deal will get done in January.

Was typing my response while you were yours; I like your interpretation.

 

[kiam06]

I'm still not convinced something doesn't seem right.

I really hope I'm wrong and he signs as the guy is a class act. We will see in the coming days.

 

[Plays By Sense Of Smell]

Things can be arranged...

#MeToo!

 

[Dreadzone]

Rags are going to have a great team at the end of January.

Sanchez, Moura, Griezman, Sneijder and Ozil to name but a few.

And they’d still be shit after The Horrible one got his way with them!

 

[jrb]

You read it first from our local and unbiased MUEN Rag.

Online now.

Not a chance of a link.

Manchester United have been offered the chance to sign Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez despite intense competition from Manchester City.

Sanchez, 29, has seemed destined to join City in either the January transfer window or the summer as he runs down his Arsenal contract, which expires at the end of June.
However, M.E.N. Sport understands United have received new hope of signing Sanchez, having contacted the Chile international's representatives earlier this season.

It is understood United initially touched base with Sanchez's camp after a deadline day move to City fell through. United are believed to have been quoted an eye-watering £25million fee for Sanchez, which is the figure City are said to be trying to negotiate with Arsenal to sign him this month.

City are believed to be reluctant to meet Sanchez's financial demands and a City insider said Sanchez 'must decide whether to put trophies before money'. A second City source insists the club is 'not desperate' to sign Sanchez this month and supporters should expect a 'big signing' in the summer if a move for the Arsenal talisman fails to materialise.