Alexis Sanchez

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ninjamonkey said:
Wenger to his credit has been pretty adamant he's not being sold, it's a different stance from his usual non-committal stance. If they were to sell Sanchez now, he'd literally have to resign and we saw recently how likely that is. Really hope we've got somebody else lined up, what we have simply isn't enough and waiting a year for Sanchez isn't an option, not when we've done the business we have so far this summer
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June 13, 2007: ‘It is more down to imagination than anything else, Thierry Henry will be here next year. Can I guarantee that? Yes, of course.’

July 13, 2011: ‘I will be pretty clear about this. For me, Fabregas is with Arsenal for a long time and he will stay with Arsenal.

July 11, 2011: ‘Will [Nasri] be at the club next season? I say yes. There is always speculation when a player has only one contract year to go and has not signed a new contract that he might leave the club. But Samir Nasri is very happy at the club and is committed to staying at the club.’


Although he seems a touch more serious this time: although I put this down to the fact he's just signed a new contract and has also gone a bit mad。
 
ninjamonkey said:
Wenger to his credit has been pretty adamant he's not being sold, it's a different stance from his usual non-committal stance. If they were to sell Sanchez now, he'd literally have to resign and we saw recently how likely that is. Really hope we've got somebody else lined up, what we have simply isn't enough and waiting a year for Sanchez isn't an option, not when we've done the business we have so far this summer
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Wenger's peddled the "not being sold" line loads of times in the past mate, only for the player to then get sold. Nasri and van Persie spring to mind instantly and if I'm not mistaken he did it with Fabregas too, so it will actually be a major surprise if he bucks that trend and sticks to his guns on this occasion. You never know, he might well do but there's the issue of Sanchez possibly leaving on a free in 12 months time vs getting £50 million or more for him now to consider and I'd guess that the board would have the final say on that, regardless of Wenger's influence at the club.

I do agree that we need to prepare ourselves for the possibility of Arsenal not selling him though - with Nacho on his way, we will be light up top if Sanchez falls through. It seems to me that City are playing a risky game of gambling on Arsenal relenting and selling to us. I'm delighted with our business so far this summer but with Nacho leaving that's the one position where we're effectively weaker than last season if no-one comes in.
 
I think this will only happen if Arsenal tie up a deal for Lemar, Mahrez or someone of that ilk.

Arsenal would be better to let him run down the contract then sell him August 31st without a replacement.
 
St.Pauli support said:
If Neymar and his entourage really move to Paris the money could shake up the whole market.
Neymar to PSG,
Sanchez to Barca?
Or Coutinho to Barca -> Sanchez to Liverpool? :-/
I have no idea but it could be kind of a domino effect.
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It will be interesting to see what Barca does with the money. Presumably they will want to get at least one high-profile signing on board.
 
Neville Kneville said:
So if Sanchez & Ozil both fuck off, you lose 100 mil but gain 53, by possibly making the Champs League.

Then you have to rebuild the squad possibly Sanchez goes to Utd rather than City, so another team becomes stronger competition, as we sign someone younger.

Complete madness.
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Also I am thinking that Arsenal failed to get CL last season with Özil and Sanchez, so why would they think they will achieve it this season, with the same 2 players in their last season, at least one (Sanchez) being forced to stay against his will.
 
ninjamonkey said:
Wenger to his credit has been pretty adamant he's not being sold, it's a different stance from his usual non-committal stance. If they were to sell Sanchez now, he'd literally have to resign and we saw recently how likely that is. Really hope we've got somebody else lined up, what we have simply isn't enough and waiting a year for Sanchez isn't an option, not when we've done the business we have so far this summer
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Arsene has history on saying his players are not being sold then the week after they're gone. He didnt convince me in the press conference I saw where he talked about Sanchez.

I see this is more likely to happen now that Neymar is moving (£198m he just isnt worth it, more like a £60m courtinho) and I am convinced we need to buy someone with a a lot more steel and determination in front of all those goals we have been missing.
But Sanchez is too old for the money being talked about now. I know we have to win something soon but a cheap Costa would do it for me. Not sure Pep could or would manage him but he has what we need for a lot less. And it's always good taking a rival teams disgruntled striker, they have more to prove.
 
I cannot see a situation where Arsenal will let a £50m player leave for free. Surely better to buy more players instead and sell.
 
BLUE THUNDER said:
There is no way Kronke will let a 50 mil asset run down to nothing. Fanciful thinking. Any way you dress it up, it would be 50 mil net profit for the business up in smoke. That wont be happening. Kronke is a numbers man whose priority is the bottom line (not emotion) where as Wenger is just talking with emotion spinning the usual rhetoric. Only one person wins out here and it's the man pulling the strings not the puppet. Sanchez signs a contract or Kronke will cash in. It's one or the other.
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willipp said:
On that basis, does it not make more sense to buy Lemar, sell Sanchez for 50 and use that 50 to improve your team long term, rather than take a short term view keeping a player who seemingly really doesnt want to be there.
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The think is, Wenger knows he's not long left. Whatever he chooses to do, it's a gamble. I'd imagine he wants the team to be as competitive as it can be the next year or 2 while he's there.

What we don't know, is Arsenal's budget. I think it's fairly obvious he wants to sign Lemar. Is that signing dependent on Sanchez leaving, or not? If it is dependent on Sanchez leaving, then it's a lot of pressure on a 21 year old's shoulders, coming into a new team in a new league. He is a different type of player to Sanchez, but that wont stop fans making direct comparisons.

If it's not dependent on a Sanchez sale, then perhaps Wengers ideal scenario from a sporting point of view, is he has a year in the league where there isn't as much pressure, where he can find his feet & get used to the league. Then when/if Sanchez leaves next summer, sign Lacazette's best mate Griezmann as a potential Ozil replacement?

I joke at the last line lol!
 
So Wenger has now told him he won't be sold to an English club after telling everyone he's not being sold at all. Next weeks headlines will be he can go but only at a certain price the process has started.
 
Pretty sure they're holding firm this time, they essentially have 12 months to fix their side. Sanchez and Ozil walking out for free is such a joke, they'll need to spend £120m to stand still.
 
You say you've heard it all before from Wenger, but in the past he's always said it from his point of view, "I say yes" or "I believe". This is different. He has flatly said a decision has been made. Now we all know the decision is not just down to him, so it seems to me like the board has decided not to sell him. And as for Kroenke, he relies on that board to run the club as he has so many other interests. No way would he charge in and piss the entire board off by overturning a decision that they've made and has already been relayed to the fans.
 
uwe rosler 28 said:
So Wenger has now told him he won't be sold to an English club after telling everyone he's not being sold at all. Next weeks headlines will be he can go but only at a certain price the process has started.
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Sanchez isn't going anywhere and he certainly won't be coming to City as much I'd love him to. Odds dropped today - stay at Arsenal 1/5 from evens yesterday, 3/1 to go to City from 1/2 yesterday.

Why do we follow the press and Jim White's guff when it couldn't be clearer he's staying put?
 
Arse are gonna have a pretty rubbish dressing room this season - with any luck they'll finish below the likes of Everton
 
Robbiegunn said:
You say you've heard it all before from Wenger, but in the past he's always said it from his point of view, "I say yes" or "I believe". This is different. He has flatly said a decision has been made. Now we all know the decision is not just down to him, so it seems to me like the board has decided not to sell him. And as for Kroenke, he relies on that board to run the club as he has so many other interests. No way would he charge in and piss the entire board off by overturning a decision that they've made and has already been relayed to the fans.
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Why would Kroenke care what Wenger thinks...everyone knows Wenger is on his last legs and Afc will need a new manager in 1 or 2 yrs
 
Neymar to PSG looks certain so they wont go for Sanchez, do we expect the transfer request to go in by Sanchez soon to force a move to City?
 
Disco Derek said:
Sanchez isn't going anywhere and he certainly won't be coming to City as much I'd love him to. Odds dropped today - stay at Arsenal 1/5 from evens yesterday, 3/1 to go to City from 1/2 yesterday.


Why do we follow the press and Jim White's guff when it couldn't be clearer he's staying put?
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So if the odds were correct why was we 1/20 for alves and the rags 1/20 for morata and griezman????
 
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