Alexis Sanchez

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Young Blue said:
I just don't see United in a positive light, they play dull defensive football and they are paying massive inflationary wages for him that will drive up players' wages world wide. I dislike them more than any other club.

However Sanchez has not suddenly become an old, incompetent player because he's not joined us. I want us City fans to be honest and truthful about football, not deluded like many of their fans. To me it's a blow he's joined them and I don't mind admitting it. He wanted us, Pep wanted him.

I believe we could have got him without the massive wages if we had gone for him this window, instead of trying to put him off until summer.

I assume it's because we have limited squad places and consider other positions more important, but I am still disappointed not getting him.
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Massive you say?
 
Rammyblues said:
For me I wish he had come to City I hope them signing him isnt an RVP signing in as much it kick starts another title for Maureen. Good luck to him and well done Manure for once again showing us how to inflate a very inflated transfer market. I am sure your chequebook club and chequebook manager together with your shirt selling plastic fans from around the globe deserve one another.
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You just know who’s going to score on 7/4/18!
 
scousemanc said:
I'll confess, I've been addicted to this thread for the last week or so. It's been informative, and interesting to see the different views of fans, and I am glad to say, hardly any personal animosity. Just to step away from the minutiae of weekly wages and national insurance for a minute, when you look at the general situation of City and United, the contrast could not be greater. Assuming we win the league this year, that will be 5 consecutive seasons we have finished above them, and in that time we will have won the league title twice and reached the semi final of the Champions League.

At the moment, it seems like there is only one issue in world football, and that's the Sanchez transfer. There isn't. Manchester City have already confined this saga to the bin. They have walked away, and distanced themselves from this murky saga and continued with their strategy. Why? Because they are in a position of strength.

The United hierarchy aren't stupid and must be seen to be doing something to redress the balance. The answer? Get the cheque book out. World record fee for Pogba, Premier League record fee for Lukaku and now the biggest salary in the history of english football for a 29 year old with 6 months left on his contract. Mourinho agrees with me when he said "£300 million is not enough". Let's also not forget 2 failed managerial appointments and the failed DiMaria and Falcao transfers.

I'm sure the Sanchez transfer will be dressed up by those with a United agenda, but sensible football commentators will see £1/2m per week as the act of a desperate club.
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That is a great post. And exactly what it is all about. United and especially mourinho could not allow sanchez to move to us because they have to find a way of plugging the gap. That it seems was to by far outbid for his services. It doesnt bother me because Pep and the club will have other targets.

Put the offers on the table and the offers are the same...sanchez aint going to united. Something though the tramps from trafford are unable to see, they will see it as a major victory.....whilst we just offered what we thought he was worth and said take it or we’ll leave it.
 
If and when this deal is done, there will be courses for prospective agents at universities around the world with this as the basis of a textbook example of how to get the best deal possible for your client.
 
venom99 said:
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Damn, that's a useful tool and to think I wasted my time using a calculator; at least I got the right answers.
 
What I am waiting to see now are the media pushing some imaginary 'rift' between Pep and City for 'not backing him over Sanchez'.

Some on here are fearing that so you can bet someone out there sees a story in it by mixing guesswork and wishful thinking.

But it would underestimate the relationship between Pep and the board that adds to the team spirit of the players from this decision boosting our trust in them over some incoming wideboy megstar wannabee.

Pep seems to know how big that can be and, like I said yesterday, that is in effect a signing we did make by binning Sanchez. It showed we placed more stock in the togetherness and fight of the players who have got us to this historic point in a season not some sulk who has sat there doing little for Arsenal as he desperately wanted to come here - but only - it seems - if we paid him more than the ones who really earned the big money on the pitch for us.

And I expect puncturing this 'rift' was why the line was included in the statement about backing Pep to the hilt in the Summer. That made pretty clear he is 100% on board with this decision and why.
 
scousemanc said:
I'll confess, I've been addicted to this thread for the last week or so. It's been informative, and interesting to see the different views of fans, and I am glad to say, hardly any personal animosity. Just to step away from the minutiae of weekly wages and national insurance for a minute, when you look at the general situation of City and United, the contrast could not be greater. Assuming we win the league this year, that will be 5 consecutive seasons we have finished above them, and in that time we will have won the league title twice and reached the semi final of the Champions League.

At the moment, it seems like there is only one issue in world football, and that's the Sanchez transfer. There isn't. Manchester City have already confined this saga to the bin. They have walked away, and distanced themselves from this murky saga and continued with their strategy. Why? Because they are in a position of strength.

The United hierarchy aren't stupid and must be seen to be doing something to redress the balance. The answer? Get the cheque book out. World record fee for Pogba, Premier League record fee for Lukaku and now the biggest salary in the history of english football for a 29 year old with 6 months left on his contract. Mourinho agrees with me when he said "£300 million is not enough". Let's also not forget 2 failed managerial appointments and the failed DiMaria and Falcao transfers.

I'm sure the Sanchez transfer will be dressed up by those with a United agenda, but sensible football commentators will see £1/2m per week as the act of a desperate club.
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better to be ambitious and try and redress the balance than opt for stasis and accept being 2nd best, or top 4. £500k wages can make sense if it's balanced by success and a successful Man Utd must be able to make hundreds of millions through lucrative sponsorships. It's worth it spending big money brings with it success. We followed this model.

I don't object to the Sanchez deal on the grounds of money, although that does bring with it problems with other players, but on the grounds of his footballing ability. I don't think he is good enough to achieve the step change in performance that Utd are seeking. Were he able to take Utd up a level, you could argue that it makes sense on a financial basis.

This kind of discussion is a bit unsatisfactory because someone can just turn round and say he is that good and we have pantomime: "No he isn't, yes he is"
 
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