Alexis Sanchez

[chesterbells]

Arsenal don't really have a choice now. He wants to go, and can go for free in 12 months. When they think about it from a purely business point of view taking all emotion out of it, they really have only one option. And if ever there was a club run as a business before a football club, its Arsenal. He will leave them the minute they move away from the denial and anger phases into the acceptance phase.

Will Vinegar Face ever reach the acceptance phase though?
tbh, with only 1 year left we should only be offering half of what we are anyway

 

[Cityfan]

If he is pushing for a move here he is actually behaving a lot better towards Arsenal by doing it at a time they can get a decent fee than Sol Campbell did when he left Spurs.

 

[urban genie]

They can ask for £70m. They won't get it. We don't need to budge from our £50m position one iota. We're the only show in town

We shouldn't even offer 50m if the case is they are stuck between losing him for nowt or keeping a player for a year who wants to go, we should offer 30m and work from there.

 

[kupest]

Wouldn't even mind if he agreed to come to us next season like Lewandowski. He might be 30, but this guy definitely would have another 2-3 years at the very top even after this year.

 

[Blue warrior]

You, Sir, are talking bollocks.

Lol

 

[Blue Llama]

Wenger's position is that he doesn't want to strengthen a rival team. That idea is completely understandable. However, the choice to strengthen a rival or not doesn't exist. The choice is to strengthen a rival team now and get £50M or strengthen a rival in 12 months time for nothing.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

If he is pushing for a move here he is actually behaving a lot better towards Arsenal by doing it at a time they can get a decent fee than Sol Campbell did when he left Spurs.

The words 'for Arsenal' should be at the end of that post, mate. Just to serve as a reminder whenever they start with their self-righteous routine.

 

[Blue_Rossy]

For sanchez id have no problem with us paying 50,60,70 mill no problem.

 

[uwe rosler 28]

If arsenal keep him they are putting themselves back a year might as well sell him and build a team for the next 4/5 years instead of having another position to fill next season with 50m+ less in the kitty with transfer fees rocketing!!!! It really is a no- brainer for arsenal keeping him would be the worst decision ever financially and going forward team wise.

 

[BlueAnorak]

Our spending not exactly puny this window and if we go for others also will we approach FFP barrier once again ?

The number of players that have left gives us so much FFP wage wriggle room we can literally spend a fortune this summer with 5 year contracts (the all important FFP divisor on transfer fees) I reckon we could spend £500m if push came to shove. More likely to be £250-£300m so we could spend a similar amount next summer.