Alexis Sanchez

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Blue Mooner said:
Arsenal at this present moment seem to be the only club to think its a good idea to keep a player who wants to leave.
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Not sure about that, already this summer it looks like RB Leipzig are keeping Keita, Southampton are still hoping to keep VVD, Mahrez won't leave Leicester unless they get an offer that is deemed suitable, same with Perisic for Inter,doubt Coutinho will get to leave Liverpool.... That's just names off the top of my head.
 
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Robbiegunn said:
You never know what's going to happen over a season. It's a gamble, but one Arsenal obviously think it's worth taking.
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Yeah it's all a gamble but going into a season with 8 first team players out of contract in 12 months is a unsettled side to say the least and compound that with Europa league, when was the last time a team went deep in Europa and did well in their domestic league, Ajax even ended up not winning their domestic league cause of their run, but you're gonna realistically go into that situation thinking you're gonna challenge for the league (which winning the PL would be the only thing that could maybe keep Alexis), sounds unrealistic to me but heah, what do I know...
 
Robbiegunn said:
You never know what's going to happen over a season. It's a gamble, but one Arsenal obviously think it's worth taking.
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How so? Alexis is not going to win them the EPL title on his own. He's a bloody good player, but he's not God. At best, he helps them get back into top four. And that's just back to square one, as far as the Arse are concerned. They've been there, and done that. Many times.
No, it's nuts for them to turn down the money and not use it to go into the market to get a good striker and maybe another player while they've still got time. Basically, this is a problem of image — the image of Arsenal selling their best player to a direct rival (with the attendant flak from their fanbase) which would seem to signal their acceptance of being a top four club at best. It"s a difficult one for them, I admit it.
 
Blue Mooner said:
That's been proven a fallacy, just ask Paul Pogba. (Well he was perceived as a star when he was signed!) If you offer the right cash and a vision to go with it, top players would sign.
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Paul Pogba is a really bad example, for many reasons.
 
GunnerGer said:
Not sure about that, ready this season it looks like RB Leipzig are keeping Keita, Southampton are still hoping to keep VvD, Mahrez won'teace Leicester unless they get an offer that is deemed suitable, same with Perisic for Inter. That's just names off the top of my head.
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Aren't the contractual situtions different with those players?
 
mosssideblue said:
I may be wrong but I dont recall any saying he would replace Aguero
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May have got the wrong end of the stick but @Dobsy seemed to say he d be a third striker.

Dobsy said:
Has pep always had a third striker in his squads? You look at the great Barcelona teams and he relied on eto'o followed by Villa.

He seems to value midfielders far higher.
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Then suggest Aguero could make room
Dobsy said:
Two of those being more hybrid players at the time. I don't doubt he wants him I'm just wondering about this aguero rumour. He's not shy of selling great players.
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I wouldnt call Sanchez a striker, and dont think he would be competing for a place with Aguero.
 
mosssideblue said:
So. If we make a bid as you suggest and LeArse come back and say he is not for sale, what would you do next?
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No I mean why is there so many thousands of pages on a player if we haven't even put a bid in? And without reading through it all has anyone at the club said we are interested?
 
GunnerGer said:
Not sure about that, already this summer it looks like RB Leipzig are keeping Keita, Southampton are still hoping to keep VVD, Mahrez won't leave Leicester unless they get an offer that is deemed suitable, same with Perisic for Inter,doubt Coutinho will get to leave Liverpool.... That's just names off the top of my head.
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Still early days in all these cases
 
Arsenal's stance is perfectly understandable. It only becomes untenable if Sanchez makes it very clear that he wants to go. So far it doesn't seem he has done that.
 
Blue Mooner said:
If he wants to go to another club, but he's not being allowed to go to his club of choice, then he is being held against his will. The move in his eyes, has to be better than Arsenal, and if it isn't, he won't move when he can move to a club of his choice in 12 months. He has already stated that he wants to play champions league football (which is the nearest he can get to saying he wants to leave without actually stating it categorically) and at 29 who can blame him.

Arsenal at this present moment seem to be the only club to think its a good idea to keep a player who wants to leave. He could have killed the rumours stone dead by signing a new contract, he hasn't, why do you think that is?
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I don't agree. He is being held to his contract mate. That might not be what he wants now, but it is what he agreed to do when he signed it
 
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newposter said:
No I mean why is there so many thousands of pages on a player if we haven't even put a bid in? And without reading through it all has anyone at the club said we are interested?
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we wont bid until we know we can secure his services i.e. Arsenal will sell him. Too much chat to even contemplate we are not interested
 
Blue Hefner said:
I just cannot see any way that Arsenal will risk him walking out of the door(along with 7 others) when they can sell for 50million now - everything in their recent history suggests that they will sell
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The 8 first team players doesn't tell the whole story. They'll look to offload Gibbs and Jenkinson this summer who will get little first team games. Mertesacker is retiring and played 1 game last season, Joel Campbell isnt part of first team plans, Cazorla would need phased out anyway if he wasn't injured, and Wilshere might leave and has contributed little the past 5 years. So you are back to really talking about Sanchez, Ozil and Ox.
 
newposter said:
No I mean why is there so many thousands of pages on a player if we haven't even put a bid in? And without reading through it all has anyone at the club said we are interested?
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Wondered that myself many times. Everyone associated with the club seems to think we are in for him so I think we have to believe we have an interest. There's not much we can actively do to pursue it though if Arsenal have made it clear that they wont entertain a bid.
 
GunnerGer said:
The 8 first team players doesn't tell the whole story. They'll look to offload Gibbs and Jenkinson this summer who will get little first team games. Mertesacker is retiring and played 1 game last season, Joel Campbell isnt part of first team plans, Cazorla would need phased out anyway if he wasn't injured, and Wilshere might leave and has contributed little the past 5 years. So you are back to really talking about Sanchez, Ozil and Ox.
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They still need replacing though with quality mate? And if Sanchez and ozil leave for free next season then you have essentially pissed around £80m down the drain?
 
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