The fun is just starting!;)
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Arsene Wenger wants to sign Riyad Mahrez but confirms Arsenal will reject all bids for Ozil and Sanchez
Then you have a pissed off Sanchez who leaves on a free next summer! This is going to be fun.
36 year old family man, Phil Jones, Tom Daley, Zinedine Cleverly and that Dutch left back that disappeared off the face of the earth...We'd have won the league that year if it weren't for the refs. Just ask all those top players we bought: Sinclair, Rodwell, Garcia and Maicon.
This would make sense if Sanchez's ambition matched that of arsenal- that is , just aim for top 4 and pick up the TV money as per every year since we can remember, coupled with the fact that they have just handed another 2 years to the architect of this strategy.Qualifying for Champions League is worth around 50 Million, therefore its better to keep Sanchez even if he leave for Free.
At the end of the day their chance to qualify is better with Sanchez.
I think Arsenal will dig their heels in on this one. I think they'd rather see him leave on a free next season at this stage. If they are to have any hope of getting their top 4 status back next season they need to keep Sanchez and to a lesser extent Ozil. If they sell either or both there's no way they can attract the players they need. and they'll be riots from their god awful fans for the next two years. They can't replace him regardless of how much they get for him so It's probably worth more to Arsenal keeping him, splashing the cash in order to get back into the top 4 and hope for a change of heart or see him go for free the year after, they'll make the money back they'd lose seeing him leave on a free in champions league money. Us getting Sanchez is Arsenal conceding they're no longer a top 4 club. I just don't think they can do it.
Not when it would effectively write off £50m I wouldn't have thought.Does Wenger have final say?
Sanchez wants to join City.
Arsenal wil take our money and Sanchez will be a City player by end of this transfer window.
Because Sanchez guarantees a CL spot. Like this season.Qualifying for Champions League is worth around 50 Million, therefore its better to keep Sanchez even if he leave for Free.
At the end of the day their chance to qualify is better with Sanchez.
Arsenal aren't going to keep him and then not play him whilst at the same time lose out on £50m.Sanchez may be pissed off initially if the City transfer doesn't happen this window but he has a World Cup next year. He'll want to be playing in the lead-up to that no matter who he is playing for.
I really do think Wenger's wanting to stay has pretty much nothing to do with Sanchez's situation. It's not like Wenger just won the league and FA and the board are pleading with him to stay on. In fact it's the other way round. For the first time in forever they are going to miss out on UCL football so we can safely say he didn't do great laat season. I really don't think it was a case of Wenger giving conditions before accepting to sign a new contract. I feel it's more about the board showing their loyalty to him. That being said I think a Arsenal have an option to have his contract run and then see him go next season on a free. I'm only hoping that they'll cooperate and do the needful though.Wenger has just signed a new deal. I know they are an absolute shithouse club, & Wenger has no shame, but he could possibly have demanded certain conditions.
It would be shambolic if the club were to sell a player Wenger insists is not available for transfer, right from under his nose, after just giving him a new deal.
It's not impossible imo, that part of the agreement could be they don't sell their top players, behind Wenger's back, unless perhaps those players put in an official transfer request. Then Arse have a 'getout' clause.
I don't see how they would set Wenger up to look a complete tool, after giving him a new deal.
I really do think Wenger's wanting to stay has pretty much nothing to do with Sanchez's situation. It's not like Wenger just won the league and FA and the board are pleading with him to stay on. In fact it's the other way round. For the first time in forever they are going to miss out on UCL football so we can safely say he didn't do great laat season. I really don't think it was a case of Wenger giving conditions before accepting to sign a new contract. I feel it's more about the board showing their loyalty to him. That being said I think a Arsenal have an option to have his contract run and then see him go next season on a free. I'm only hoping that they'll cooperate and do the needful though.
A year is a long time in football. Keeping Sanchez and Ozil and strengthening on top of them is the best way for Arsenal to make a run at the League and get back in CL. If that happens a year on and Sanchez is offered the wages he wants, will he then want to leave? Also, will City still want him at the end of next season?
Sanchez may be pissed off initially if the City transfer doesn't happen this window but he has a World Cup next year. He'll want to be playing in the lead-up to that no matter who he is playing for.
Can definitely see it as a possibility that Arsenal keep Sanchez. How likely it will be given the money that will be on offer is another matter.
Still hopeful City will snag him.
The fact that it's a World Cup year has absolutely zero bearing in the case of Sanchez.
He's Chile's best player, and therefore to worry about his chances to make his national team is the same as worrying about Ronaldo's chances of making the Portugal national team. It's a given.