Alexis Sanchez

[SouthStandStander]

page 4000!

Damn. Too early

 

[Ric]

As other have suggested, what are the chances of us getting Martial from United if sanchez signs for them.

Zero, I would've thought.

 

[The Light Was Yellow Sir]

7 Mil isn't blowing us out the water, the contract difference seems to be but not from an Arsenal point of view. I also think even despite Arsenals weird transfer strategies that they'd prefer to sell to us. Utd are more their rivals than us and I think after RVP and the promises to not sell to Utd again they might have even taken that slight cut for him to come to us.

Unless the story of the Armenian chap going to Arsenal is true. This is a bloke they paid £30M for 18 months ago and they are talking about £27M PLUS him, which puts Sanchez at over £50M plus over £80M in wages over 4 years. At those numbers you would want to be signing better than Alexis Sanchez!!

 

[mrtwiceaseason]

Wonder if sanchez being seen universally as a money grabber going to a club for none sporting reasons .which is how the press are spinning it has any bearing on his thinking ?

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Wonder if sanchez being seen universally as a money grabber going to a club for none sporting reasons .which is how the press are spinning it has any bearing on his thinking ?

Like a reverse delph?

 

[Academica]

Whilst this looks done and those stories about City flashing money around to beat United are probably just Castles trying to goad and deflect from the fact that this is exactly what they did....IF - and it is a huge if which I don't really think likely - something is still going on here - remember two things.

Yesterday in his match comments Wenger pretty much said that he was off and it was Sanchez's choice where he went. In other words they were not just taking the highest offer for a fee and if he chose to go to City they were happy to let him presumably even at less money.

And last week Tolmie offered an interesting theory about United's money - that this was a sort of set up by Sanchez - getting them to offer huge money, appear to be swayed and then say no and go to City for less for footballing reasons to in the process humiliate a rival.

That seemed far fetched then and still does. But had an interesting ring to it.

Not suggesting for a second that is happening and the way we (presumably) briefed Sam Lee last night was telling that we just have walked honourably and correctly to protect both team unity and wage structure - not to mention our stance on agents fees.

But just reminding of that theory that he put out there before this all really took off.

Or he got United to offer huge money and then thought that will do for me where do I sign

 

[Big Dave Watson]

Wor Alan has had his two penneth worth on the BBC sport website now.

 

[kaz7]

really gutted but support the clubs stance,no player bigger than the club and all that

 

[Healdplace]

It wasn't his choice no but he always had the option to wait until the summer and by the sounds of it he had one option to get out in January and that currently is United.

You have to remember that United have offered a player exchange, who knows if Mikhatarian even wants to go to Arsenal? I reckon that will be the major sticking point at the moment.

Arsenal have just signed this Malcolm too but I think that is more to replace Ozil than Sanchez.

I did remember the player exchange offer. That's part of why Wegner effectively saying if Sanchez chose City over United he was free to do so seemed odd given that you would expect them to publicly endorse him taking one over the other if one of the deal's favoured Arsenal more.

As a higher fee and a player in exchange too surely did.

 

[SWP's back]

But they would still offer that in June was my theory?

Perhaps they wouldn’t then.