Alexis Sanchez

[SWP's back]

We won't find a better player for a smaller financial outlay. So ultimately we've made the wrong call imo.

£35m on a four year deal plus £400k per week means wages plus amortisation per year of £29.5m per year.

That’s nearly double the wages plus amortisation of KDB.

 

[Tevez City]

I am ok with it if it means the club will spend wisley in terms value for money.

But if we go and spend +40m on Fred, Serri ...etc then it doesnt make sense.

Hopefully Sane will be more consistent
Bernardo will show his worth
And Diaz will play more and prove that he deserve to be part of the team.

 

[Saddleworth2]

If he goes to the Rags for more money, he is not the player for us. Good luck to him partnering with lookaku. That will be something to behold! Watch his present form dip nosedive.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Fuck taking the moral high ground over transfer fees and wages. It's that sort of complacency from United that allowed us to waltz past them in the first place. We should be drilling home every possible advantage and making those ****s trail in our wake.

Also, we can choose to find excuses to try and justify why Sanchez wouldn't have been a good signing, just as we did with Alves. However, the fact remains that both Sanchez and Alves would upgrade our squad. Their age means nothing as we have a very young squad anyway. For all of those who are talking about potential disruption, I'd argue that bringing in a younger winger would ruffle Sane and Sterling's feathers a lot more than signing Sanchez would, especially in the long-term.

I just hope we don't make the same mistake we did with Danilo and spunk a load of money on an average and inferior player to our first target.

 

[damrider]

I just thought of something. What if we stole Malcom from arsenal, meaning they'll refuse to sell Sanchez to United?

Talk about 3 birds one stone.

 

[mixer]

So in the summer when Pep wants another forward. if we want anyone with Sanchez quality or potential. What will that cost us? 100m+?

Yes but they won't be 29

 

[ganganvince]

If he signs then great our squad is strengthened if not lets get the league won so we can rest players and give Garcia and co. a chance to prove themselves. Clouds and silver linings and all that.

 

[gingerprince]

City agree fee with arsenal in summer? and agreed personal terms with player?
Player didn't want to stay with Arsenal but Arsenal failed to secure replacement
Arsenal didn't sell player, player furious with Arsenal as wants to play elsewhere.

January, player even more desperate to move from Arsenal, Arsenal want to sell.
Arsenal want min £X, much less than Summer, City offer less than Arsenal min.
Arsenal offered min or more from another club. Arsenal agree the 2nd club offer.
Player told Arsenal agreed 2nd club offer but not City offer. Player has x2 choices
agree personal terms with x2nd club then Arsenal release him & sell to 2nd club.
Or player not happy with 2nd club or their personal terms and he rejects move.

If player rejects move to 2nd club he can wait til summer to pursue his own wishes
without any Arsenal interference as then out of contract, but still an arsenal player.?

Arsenal could of course, if player rejects other club or personal terns, then accept the
lower offer from City, & sell in Jan, as they prefer lower offer now than zero in summer.

Sanchez doesn't want to spend another minute at Arsenal. He doesn't want Summer move

 

[Cobwebcat]

If Pep wanted Txiki to chuck 60 mil at Sanchez, then Txiki would have signed him last week.

Not sure about that. I think (as Tolmie and Sam Lee intimated) its got personal at the top because of the Summer window.

 

[shak]

If he's got anything about him, he'll sign for City, but if that was the case, you would think the rags would know that by now, so wouldn't be shouting about it.

Yeah but are the rags shouting about it? All I see is Arsenal journos.