Alexis Sanchez

[blueinsa]

You talk as if we're the only club that might look to keep a player looking to leave. Liverpool kept Suarez and Xabi Alonso, Dortmund kept Lewandowski, Southampton kept Schneiderlin, Leicester kept Mahrez, Man Utd kept Ronaldo & De Gea. All examples off the top of my head, and all got the head down once the season started. I remember Tevez being homesick on an annual basis and Yaya pining for Birthday Cakes as well.

Where they all in the last year of their contracts?

 

[prestonibbo_mcfc]

7 more days to wait

FFS Who does he think he is ? Judith Chalmers.

 

[Blue warrior]

I don't know about that. There isn't any real competition at this point.

Forget competition for them to sell it will take more than £50 mill Imo

 

[p.taker]

How many of those were in the last year of their contracts?

In fairness, that's irrelevant to the point he was rebutting.

 

[Xiphos]

He will be signed by us but i don't think it will be until transfer deadline day, it will be like a long drawn out game of poker

 

[citytill1die84]

Looks like we've got the budget for it, bring it on, I love to see rags crying in the morning ;-)

Me 2 haha the meltdown is brilliant :)

 

[GunnerGer]

BUT you couldn't keep Nasri, Henry or VanPersie in similar scenarios... you might keep Sanchez but I'd bet against it.

Like has been mentioned umpteen times, our circumstances are different now. However, I agree, the end result might still be the same.

How many of those were in the last year of their contracts?

Where they all in the last year of their contracts?

My post was in relation to players playing for their clubs at a good level the following season after looking to leave. If anything, the player going out of contract should be more positive because he knows the decision lies in his hand in 6 months. He knows the better he plays the better a deal he can likely get, rather than the club.

 

[NQCitizen]

The really dumb thing is arsenal could concievably replace him with Mahrez and if they both played like 15/16 have a better younger player.

Tbh if I was arsenal id get it done and get lemar and mahrez.

But it makes you wonder if they'll leave it late so they "don't have time to replace him"

 

[ojeme]

Well he might have the balls to do it ,but if he did he wouldn't be attached to those balls for very much longer !!!!

lolllllll! !!!!

Can't believe you've said that! Net gain would be zero! Possibly even a negative result!
And an irate fan base........... it is not a case of having the balls it's about having the brains..........

double lol!!!!!!
You guys are cracking me up!

 

[doobyedoobye]

The really dumb thing is arsenal could concievably replace him with Mahrez and if they both played like 15/16 have a better younger player.

Tbh if I was arsenal id get it done and get lemar and mahrez.

But it makes you wonder if they'll leave it late so they "don't have time to replace him"

Maybe their inabilty to close the Lemar deal is holding up Sanchez leaving?

 

[Andouble]

He will be signed by us but i don't think it will be until transfer deadline day, it will be like a long drawn out game of poker

would be silly of Arsenal to wait that long when all their focus should be on a replacement.

 

[Xiphos]

would be silly of Arsenal to wait that long when all their focus should be on a replacement.

We are talking Arsenal and transfers here, normal common sense doesn't apply to Wenger, the blokes a grade one tool

 

[doobyedoobye]

Wenger will force him to hand in a transfer request and / or demand a monumental fee from us north of 75 million GBP which will appease their fans to some extent and justify his sale... I think we'll pay it and he will be here in late August...

 

[Blue_Rossy]

Wenger will force him to hand in a transfer request and / or demand a monumental fee from us north of 75 million GBP which will appease their fans to some extent and justify his sale... I think we'll pay it and he will be here in late August...

That's how I see it also.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Wenger will force him to hand in a transfer request and / or demand a monumental fee from us north of 75 million GBP which will appease their fans to some extent and justify his sale... I think we'll pay it and he will be here in late August...

Appreciate I will be in the minority but £75M would be absurd for a player of his age in the last year of his contract

 

[malg]

Can't for one second see us signing this guy as well. Pretty sure the sheikh will say enough is enough. Unless off course Guardiola has made some outrageous promise about the trophy haul should we get Sanchez as well as Mendy, Walker, Danilo, Silva and that goalkeeper fella.....

 

[TheRemainsOfTheDave]

Appreciate I will be in the minority but £75M would be absurd for a player of his age in the last year of his contract

It's very high, but if he can improve our squad and Pep wants him, who cares.

 

[EL APACHE TEVEZ]

Can't for one second see us signing this guy as well. Pretty sure the sheikh will say enough is enough. Unless off course Guardiola has made some outrageous promise about the trophy haul should we get Sanchez as well as Mendy, Walker, Danilo, Silva and that goalkeeper fella.....

Well I'm sure khaldoon said he wanted the Quad

 

[not my fault!]

Appreciate I will be in the minority but £75M would be absurd for a player of his age in the last year of his contract

I agree... why pay £75m for a 29 year old when we could pay £100m for a 19 year old in Mbappé & im not having it he'd cost £150m before anyone starts, as he's not proven enough to demand that fee & Monaco know it. They can ask for £150m all they like but they'll not get close to that for him.

 

[kaz7]

Appreciate I will be in the minority but £75M would be absurd for a player of his age in the last year of his contract

I reckon we will start at 35 when sanchez has his face to face with arsene,of course we are assuming he is desperate enough to get away that he puts in a transfer request