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Alexis Sanchez
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tolmie's hairdoo
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Possibly 3.5 years, he had the option of an extra year. Good chance he's entitled to the lot as well as he hasn't put in a transfer request or agitated for a move. May as well add another 25m (at least) onto their costs for signing Sanchez.
That's been the sticking point. United and Arsenal are arguing the toss over who pays what of it. That's before any signing-on fee he gets at Arsenal.
Mkhitryan will make more money in the immediacy than Sanchez!
And here's what really makes me question how much more I will continue to love the game.
Most agents are now asking for uplifts in contracts commensurate with whether the TV deal goes up.
Not down. Just up.
Lots of talk implying Sanchez is near a geriatric, he was 29 in December. He's 7 months younger than Sergio and likely to do very well. David Silva is 32 and he's still producing the goods. Real Madrid are hoping to buy Lewandowski who's 29. He's likely going to the rags but let's not be completely deluded.
If he was 25, world class and a top 5 in the world player like Neymar then fair enough but £500k a week, £30m fee and a decent player going the other way....?
Sergio and Silva are not far from being similar but the difference is they have both already been there and done it and will definitely do more.
Sanchez did alright at Barcelona but he has struggled at Arsenal. I can't see him changing United so they win lots of stuff either because they need a team of £50m players and not a team of mostly £10m ones and a couple of £200m ones.. it isn't a good move for him tbh.
It isn't a question of whether Sanchez will do well, he has no choice but to otherwise United have seriously miscalculated this one..
Neville Kneville
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I fully agree, however unfortunately we don't make the decisions.
One thing is for sure, there certainly seems to be a bit of a ruthless clear out. I'm wondering if this is all Wenger's decision or is he starting to lose some influence already like has been suggested....
If that's true then it's the best thing which could happen to you imo. Might mean a tough finish to the season, but it would lead to a potentially exciting summer.
Looking at Walcott now, shows Wenger up imo. He might never have had the intelligence to become Barca front 3 level player, but he should be a fucking sight better than he is now & appears to have learned nothing, under Wenger, same as all the other young players he signed. We saw it imo with Pellegrini/Sterling. Brendon Rodgers (who gets on my fucking tits) had him improving rapidly. One season with Pellegrini & he was worse than when we signed him. One season with Pep & he's learning stuff again.
Get rid of Wenger.
tolmie's hairdoo
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But you know how fans minds work. No team is 'perfect', teams never stand still, and as soon as competitors start rebuilding then they, the rags in this instance, will be pressurised into spending more and especially so it is us who are doing the rebuilding.
Ibrahimovic had to accept less money when he renewed last year.
It's way more. United are still arguing over the size of the settlement with Mkhitryan. He's being pushed out with two years left on his deal and is the main reason for the delay.
Remarkable how much they can spend! Looks like they won’t be paying much of there debt back while Mourinho still there.
citytill1die84
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Except that’s not in Manchester
Well it's a rag 7 Greedy ×××× shirt and that's all that matters really.
Neville Kneville
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I give it another 12 months before Real Madrid or Paris make a move.
Mino only has a small stable of players who can truly help him achieve big pay days. Is Dybala one, though?
Big Nose will move in the summer as a free and that will be that.
Mkhitryan will wither on the vine at Arsenal and that will be that.
Pogba is perfectly positioned and quite entitled to turn around to United and ask for the same as Sanchez - he's already earning £17m a year!!
The problem they have with Pogba, imo, is that he is already overpriced, in comparison to Neymar.
If fees keep going up, & Pogba doesn't go up 100% in performance, even with inflation, he still won't actually be worth what Utd have already paid for him.
Remarkable how much they can spend! Looks like they won’t be paying much of there debt back while Mourinho still there.
They are fortunate the cost of money has been at 40 year old lows and wage growth in the real world has been low.
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