Alexis Sanchez

[Stevob]

Honestly don’t believe United’s money will turn his head in January. If he moves for football reasons and trophies - he’s City bound. If he’s money motivated - then he waits until January and pockets £15-20m as a free agent (whichever club he joins) and a massive salary.

Going to United now makes no financial sense ....

 

[2001BFGM]

There you go Alves 2.0 . Third time we lost the race against him.

 

[GaudinoMotors]

Didnt relise we were crowd funding it.

 

[geoff clipp]

Sam from Goal is spot on......if we have to go and spend 80-100mil on another forward in the summer, this makes no sense.

1. Sam Lee‏Verified account @Sammy_Goal 20m20 minutes ago
   If City are willing to let Sanchez join United due to the price of the total package (which would be about £40m in fees, plus wages which were agreed) then they must be thinking of their perception of value, rather than cost. They’ll do very well to find a cheaper alternative.
   
   
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   Sam Lee‏Verified account @Sammy_Goal 16m16 minutes ago
   And by value versus cost I mean this: they must have decided it’s not ‘worth’ paying £40m-odd to Arsenal and agent, but it is worth paying £100m at least for another player (insert your own names). That, or simply they’ve been caught on the hop and have absolutely no say in it.
   
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It makes sense if the alternative option is a few years younger than Sanchez and also not expecting £400k per week in wages. Sam Lee isn't spot on about everything these days.

 

[TTS]

If the reports are true and he goes to United, that'll be Hazard, Pogba and now Sanchez that we've missed out on, primarily due to not being willing to pay the agent stacks of cash. It's an admirable stance, but I wonder if it'll hurt us in the long term. Big agents' fees aren't going to go away, and we won't always have Guardiola as manager. In fact, it's arguably already hurt us- Chelsea getting Hazard was in my eyes the biggest single reason for their recent title wins (at our expense). I hope it doesn't become a pattern.

 

[Goater=Legend]

That would strengthen us in January and be available for so little? Not a chance.

That's true, but we can't just break our wage structure on one player, you would get everyone else wanting more.

 

[goalmole]

Will be a shame if we miss out on a player whose best years have corresponded with Arsenal's worst.

Food for thought there.

 

[Lancet Fluke]

Looks like we've missed out on a great player for half the price we were willing to pay for him 5 months ago. Not only that, he's gone to the one club I didn't want him to.

Half the price but double the wages.

 

[manimanc]

There you go Alves 2.0 . Third time we lost the race against him.

I know what a pisser. What a shit way to start the new year. Suicidal I am. Pep out.

 

[robbieh]

He’s fucked us about two times now. Here’s to a very unsuccessful few years at United.

You could also say we haven't shown enough to secure his transfer. If we'd offered Arsenal 30 m in December privately and 5 m to him, this may have got done. He had agreed terms with us. Presumably his head has been turned by the sheer sum on offer as well as not being sure if we would pay Arsenal enough. He wants out now not in the summer.