Alexis Sanchez

[EekC]

Again, I don't get the desperation with many on here who want Sanchez at City. We need fullbacks. 3 or 4. And than it sort of depends who will be likely to leave before it's a necessity to fill another spot in the squad imo.
Furthermore good fullbacks are rare. Forewards Sanchez level aren't other than that they cost a bit more money than a fullback.
From Arsenals point of view they don't need to sell. They might get a player who isn't happy but if Sanchez form would show such he's not that good a professional. And it'll give Arsenal another 6 months to try and change the players mind.
If Sanchez joins fine. If not it's hardly a disaster. I don't want it to disturbed City preparing for the coming season.

How is this Sanchez deal going to stop us from getting fullback? Generally interesting in why you think that.

 

[p.taker]

Can people please stop posting information from accounts that are either far from reliable or from fake accounts.

The guy claiming he has signed a new contract clearly knows nothing and you'd know that if you just spent 2 minutes on his twitter page and as for the journalist, please stop falling for fake accounts and actually check it's his proper twitter handle.

Amen lol

 

[OB1]

1. Because they're Tarquin cnuts.
2. Because like the dippers they are congenitally unable to accept the new reality that City are a more attractive destination than themselves. In their heads it's still 1998 and St Thierry is still putting clubs like ikkle City to the sword in his sleep, and they can't wrap their heads around the fact that the sands of time have irrevocably shifted. That, and the Van Persie episode, is what underpins their idiotic determination to cling on to someone who doesn't want to be there. Think Pulp Fiction and Marcellus Wallace telling Butch to ignore the sting when the time comes to take a dive. "That's pride fucking with you", he says. "Well fuck pride." Trouble is of course, people like Wenger can't accept that.
3. As a result of 1. and 2. they will now engage in Operation Blame Deflection. By the end of this window they may or may not have sold Sanchez to us, but they will unquestionably have turned the lad into a greedy, grasping, traitorous hate figure, courtesy of their mates in the press. Raheem Sterling all over again.

Funny thing is I'm not even that bothered if he comes. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have him, but if it meant we went after Dembele or Mbappe instead I wouldn't lose any sleep at all

I suppose the question is at what point do they have to put aside childish petulance and dereliction of duty and take the money? Of course they may not see sense but to piss away tens of millions would be gross negligence on their part.

I'd be happy to have Dembele or Mbappe instead too but they won't bring the leadership that Sanchez would and that is a quality we need more of now.

 

[MarsLlama]

I think Sanchez intends to announce his intention to go to City in an attempt to force a move, but doesn't want to do it until the final is over because the backlash will be too big a distraction.

 

[Yates]

So Arsenal are legit offering around 300k a week to Sanchez? That would make him the highest paid in the league right?

 

[HelloCity]

Again, I don't get the desperation with many on here who want Sanchez at City. We need fullbacks. 3 or 4. And than it sort of depends who will be likely to leave before it's a necessity to fill another spot in the squad imo.
Furthermore good fullbacks are rare. Forewards Sanchez level aren't other than that they cost a bit more money than a fullback.
From Arsenals point of view they don't need to sell. They might get a player who isn't happy but if Sanchez form would show such he's not that good a professional. And it'll give Arsenal another 6 months to try and change the players mind.
If Sanchez joins fine. If not it's hardly a disaster. I don't want it to disturbed City preparing for the coming season.

Posts like this are the worst.

Just because we want Sanchez doesn't mean we won't be signing full backs.

 

[Thenumber1blue]

When did the transfer window open????

At this 'late' stage... you get better, starving

Bluemoon, fucking up peoples concept of time 2017

That also baffled me.Plus the old timers we already have going forward such as Sane,Sterling and Jesus !

 

[Thenumber1blue]

I think he will go on holiday and nothing will happen until late august

Nailed on !

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

I suppose the question is at what point do they have to put aside childish petulance and dereliction of duty and take the money? Of course they may not see sense but to piss away tens of millions would be gross negligence on their part.

I'd be happy to have Dembele or Mbappe instead too but they won't bring the leadership that Sanchez would and that is a quality we need more of now.

Yeh, I wouldn't disagree with you there. Sanchez' experience and proven finesse in front of goal are defo what Pep covets. If it doesn't come off then I'd happily have Dembele instead, albeit that he perhaps offers a different skill set. Not as clinical maybe, but his pace and dribbling ability in that England vs France game last month were eviscerating.
As to Arsenal growing up and accepting the new world order, no chance. They'll woman and piss about it non-stop and whilst you'd like to think that cold hard financial reality will make them see sense, I wouldn't count on it. All we can do is watch and wait. A transfer request might help our cause..... ;-)

 

[Marvin]

Bigger benefits to be had elsewhere?

I'm sure some fans on here don't even watch us play and just listen to the MOTD analysis.

Our defence was not a major issue last season despite what some say. The chances we conceded was no worse than Chelsea, United and Spurs. The difference was they could rely on Coutouis, De Gea and Lloris to make a save. We had a keeper who conceded 16 goals from 18 shots on target. Also factor is the fact Chelsea and United play far more conservative than us and Spurs are a much younger and energetic team.

We've got a new goalkeeper. We're also going to sign new full backs which will improve our defence 10-fold. We also currently have Stones, Otamendi, Vinny and Kolarov, who despite getting a regular bashing on here, is a competent CB with a wicked cross field ball.

The real issue was struggling to put away the likes of Stoke, United, Southampton and Middlesboro at home due to piss poor finishing.

Then again, if you cannot see how having the likes of Sanchez on the pitch can help improve Kun and allow him more space then there's no point in even discussing the issue.

If Sanchez signed for City, he'd more than likely threaten the position of Aguero, and Sterling, rather than Sane and Jesus. If Aguero and Sanchez were to play together, I don't see why Sanchez would make life any easier for Aguero than Jesus does.

I agree Kolarov has been a fine player for City. Technically far better than he is given credit for, but his days are now up. There were problems putting teams away, but there are also problems in the central defence. Kompany can defend one on one. Stones and otamendi don't inspire me with any confidence at all. I know that our overall goals conceded was not too bad, but Guardiola was insistent that City were inefficient in both boxes. City are extremely attack-minded. We commit loads of player going forward and are open at the back and I believe our central defenders have to be better one on one.

It might look OK to you, but I wouldn't be confident going up against the top teams in Europe if Kompany was out.

5 exceptional forwards and 3 central defenders only 1 of which has the confidence of most (and who is often injured) is inbalance. And if I thought we needed a forward, I 'd go for a young long term replacement for Aguero, not a player of the same age.