Alexis Sanchez

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I think Peps got balls selling Aguero and bringing in Sanchez. He'll be second all time scorer this season and probably the highest ever if he stayed. Is Silva our only older player who is safe?
 
domalino said:
I really can't see any scenario in which anyone is happy if we have 2 of Aguero, Jesus, Sané, Sterling and Sanchez on the bench in every game. It's just not feasible.
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It might be a challenge but one I'd love to see Pep have a go at. This MCFC so we know that there will be injuries and suspensions. Also, 3 of those guys are still very much learning their trade and a bit more rotation would not hurt them; however, none of them would be happy on the bench.

I'd get Sanchez signed and then see what happens; in particular, how Sergio reacts.

I don't want to see Sergio go but I think signing Sanchez is a must, if we can. If Sanchez came and Sergio left, I'd sign Llorente to give us a big guy upfront option.
 
This has seemed like the obvious move since there were rumours about him not signing a new contract with Arsenal

He can play any of the three front positions, which Pep loves

What would his other options be ? Chelsea, potentially if they sell hazard but I dont think they will, United are apparently after Griezman, Liverpool, cant afford his wages, Tottenham, no way

He could go to Bayern , Juventus or Madrid but I doubt they would give him the £300k a week he wants plus Madrid dont need him and will be against signing a Barca cast off

Also, there is next to no chance that Aguero will be staying if he comes in

He will be brought in as first choice CF, but all four (Sanchez , Jesus , Sane , Sterling) are interchangeable , they could all play at the same time in some games, you could just drop Sanchez or Sterling into one of the free 8 positions

There is also the advantage that he is a bit older so he wont be blocking the pathway for our younger players , with Jesus being the main man in two or three years

Exciting times...
 
OB1 said:
I don't want to see Sergio go but I think signing Sanchez is a must, if we can. If Sanchez came and Sergio left, I'd sign Llorente to give us a big guy upfront option.
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This would be my preference as well, a great plan B from the bench,

Put De Bruyne out wide ... crossing to someone who is dominant in the air, with Sanchez buzzing around to pick up the pieces
 
Sanchez would be a welcome signing but at £50m, that is a too generous fee for a player who only has one year left on his contract.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Is someone bugging my phone?
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Is this another cryptic message
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For 3 attacking positions we currently have

Aguero, Jesus (partly), Sterling, Sane, Iheanacho, Navas & Nolito

Next season we could have

Aguero, Jesus, Sterling, Sane, Sanchez and Roberts

I'd be absolutely delighted with those options and would consider it a huge improvement over this season. I wouldn't be too worried about having too many options as we once had Aguero, Tevez, Dzeko and Balotelli going for one or two spots in the team. I remember it being much better being like that than it was when a few of them left. There were so many times when we made game changing subs due to the power in reserve we possessed. That's something I feel we miss these days.

For what it's worth, I think Sanchez is a better player/footballer than Aguero, Sane and Sterling, although Aguero is more deadly in the box.

Navas and Nolito will leave and I'd send Iheanacho on loan to a Newcastle or Bournemouth to get regular football in the PL with a team which will try to play decent football.
 
ManCityX said:
For 3 attacking positions we currently have

Aguero, Jesus (partly), Sterling, Sane, Iheanacho, Navas & Nolito

Next season we could have

Aguero, Jesus, Sterling, Sane, Sanchez and Roberts
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Navas is playing full back, Nacho rarely makes the bench these days and Nolito is getting 5 minute cameos. All while Jesus is out with a long term injury. While Roberts might be happy playing sporadically for a season or two, none of the other 5 will put up with it for long.
 
domalino said:
Or perhaps he just reads any of the half dozen national newspapers that reported our interest in him in December/January?
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Not sure who you are referring to but Llorente occurred to me before there was any mention in the press (probably around the time I stood and watched him hit a screamer at past us at Swansea). It's an obvious move though. Llorente has proved he can handle the EPL and he might fancy life at MCFC for a couple of seasons even if it is as a Plan B. It's an option we need but probably not one we should be spending big bucks on given that we have Jesus...
 
ManCityX said:
For 3 attacking positions we currently have

Aguero, Jesus (partly), Sterling, Sane, Iheanacho, Navas & Nolito

Next season we could have

Aguero, Jesus, Sterling, Sane, Sanchez and Roberts

I'd be absolutely delighted with those options and would consider it a huge improvement over this season. I wouldn't be too worried about having too many options as we once had Aguero, Tevez, Dzeko and Balotelli going for one or two spots in the team. I remember it being much better being like that than it was when a few of them left. There were so many times when we made game changing subs due to the power in reserve we possessed. That's something I feel we miss these days.

For what it's worth, I think Sanchez is a better player/footballer than Aguero, Sane and Sterling, although Aguero is more deadly in the box.

Navas and Nolito will leave and I'd send Iheanacho on loan to a Newcastle or Bournemouth to get regular football in the PL with a team which will try to play decent football.
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We don't really have those options though - or rather we have them but never use them.

At the moment Nolito plays almost never and Navas is at right back.

In fact, Nolito has played 37 minutes in our last 13 league games, and Navas 106 minutes in the same time (excluding the time at right back).

And that's with Jesus out of contention.

So who's going to be the 2 or 3 who never play out of your 6 next year?


Unless you think Sanchez fancies a change of position, and Aguero will be happy sitting on the bench 99% of the time, drawing comparisons like that is, at best, disingenuous.
 
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