Alexis Sanchez

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ADegenerate said:
What if they really just didn't want to sell their best player unless it was an exceptional price...? I mean that is totally possible and reasonable if you ask me. 55+5 was not exceptional..they would have accepted if lemar would come and he wouldn't so Sanchez stayed. Simple to me.
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and me..
They want to be back in CL and They've a lot more chances of CL with him in the team..

and can you imagine the shit publicity and perception of fans after the pasting at Liverpool to lose their best player, I think the last thing they wanted was to lose him, especially to a competitor.
Plus we dont know the relationship he has with Wenger, maybe he hopes he can persuade him to stay.

Sanchez not playing 100% is bollocks imo, I dont believe a player who wants to put himself in a shop window next May will go on a go slow, he'll want to be the Gooners best player again. You dont attract potential big clubs by being a moody sod.

Arsenal have never said they want to sell him and he's put in no transfer requests, fair go's to them for sticking to their guns (no pun intented)
 
ADegenerate said:
You're aren't wrong. Far from it actually. Speaking from my point of it view the jokes on me. I got really wound up in the pogba thread for two years and Mbappe + Sanchez to an extent. Feel bad for the blues who got excited for this one. If you got hyped for van dijk well then that's on you (the collective, not you specif).
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His argument is that not getting Sanchez means we've forfeited the league, do you honestly agree?

We've just had our best window in an age, improving in every category, and you start laying in to the club? The entitlement is absolutely shocking.

ADegenerate said:
The only thing that pisses me off is at how many times I read/heard in podcasts at how confident city were at this happening. It was bizarrely arrogant and off putting.
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It's still happening, just not this window.

ADegenerate said:
What if they really just didn't want to sell their best player unless it was an exceptional price...? I mean that is totally possible and reasonable if you ask me. 55+5 was not exceptional..they would have accepted if lemar would come and he wouldn't so Sanchez stayed. Simple to me.
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The problem with your theorycrafting is that they accepted City's offer, according to all reports.

nimrod said:
and can you imagine the shit publicity and perception of fans after the pasting at Liverpool to lose their best player, I think the last thing they wanted was to lose him, especially to a competitor.
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They are getting absolutely pasted by the media and their fans right now for this cock up. They could have had Lemar, or at least money towards other signings, but now they'll get nothing and Sanchez will walk to City for free anyway. It's an unbelievably irresponsible development from every angle.
 
chedinho said:
Arsenal would be plain stupid to sell to us,even worse if they don't have a replacement. nothing Sanchez could do,apart put off perspective buyers in europe .which i think he did.
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I know he prized himself away from moves abroad and for that I truly am proud of him but if news that he is now gutted is anything to go by, then maybe he trusted Arsenal to do what was required a bit too much and as time ticked on I feel he could have done more to get Arsenal more decisive about getting a replacement as they were always going to drag their feet. I know he put up some behaviours that irked the club and his teammates but as time was drawing closer, he could have done a bit more to force Arsenal. Atimes he acted like a prick (e.g. the faking of sickness after his hols) and at other times he seemed like a professional so there was every reason why Arsenal would hold onto that glimmer of hope that he'll get over the sulking and play football for them. He could have seized every opportunity to quash any thoughts that he'll deliver for them on the pitch.
 
I too think he'll be a professional on the field but off it for promotional events and whatever football soirees footballers have, I think he will pick his moments. Was he the one who had a fight with his teammates during one training?

He'll play, score goals and assists, but it will be all for himself as someone who enjoys football, not for the club. I think as a footballer he won't pass on having a good game. But trying to get him on the pitch will be a different matter.
 
basokla said:
Neither will ever wear sky blue.

Ship sailed on both.
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Agreed. And when we spent the last two windows lowering our average squad age, why would we boost it by bringing in two players over 30? Yes, Messi is great but he's not leaving Barca at this point. He'll retire there. Sanchez is obviously a possibility but I highly doubt it now.
 
kristianpike said:
Will we go back in January or will it have to wait till next summer?
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January is a possibility. We'd still probably have to spend somewhere in the neighborhood of £30-40M to get him and that's on a player who will be available for free 6 months later. Is it really worth it? Guess it depends on the state of our season at that point.
 
Ski said:
Agreed. And when we spent the last two windows lowering our average squad age, why would we boost it by bringing in two players over 30? Yes, Messi is great but he's not leaving Barca at this point. He'll retire there. Sanchez is obviously a possibility but I highly doubt it now.
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Not even going to mention Messi as that was "pie in the sky" stuff anyway.

Sanchez would have served a purpose THIS season. Nothing more.

Move on.
 
kristianpike said:
Will we go back in January or will it have to wait till next summer?
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There's three scenarios;

1. We go in for him in January at a cut price.
2. He buys out the remainder of his contract in January instead. City compensate him.
3. We wait until the summer and he comes for free.

If he plays for the Arses in Europa, he'll be cup tied for CL, but it'd still be worth pursuing him in January for a push on the League. I think City will.
 
Sanchez have some part to blame. he should hand in transfer request right after transfer window open.
 
basokla said:
Neither will ever wear sky blue.

Ship sailed on both.
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Messi won't. Sanchez still might. Pep wants a forward and now that other options like Mbappe and Dembele are gone. Unless we see another Dembele/Mbappe level talent rise in the next 6 months. Sanchez will probably still be the best option in 4 or 8 months.
 
Akiva said:
His argument is that not getting Sanchez means we've forfeited the league, do you honestly agree?

We've just had our best window in an age, improving in every category, and you start laying in to the club? The entitlement is absolutely shocking.



It's still happening, just not this window.



The problem with your theorycrafting is that they accepted City's offer, according to all reports.



They are getting absolutely pasted by the media and their fans right now for this cock up. They could have had Lemar, or at least money towards other signings, but now they'll get nothing and Sanchez will walk to City for free anyway. It's an unbelievably irresponsible development from every angle.
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1) I definitely don't agree that not signing Sanchez forfeits the league. I honestly just felt bad for having a go at him because he's a blue and genuinely wants the best and tried to sympathize.

1 b) I hardly laid into the club at all and you really spun that one in dramatic fashion. We we're fed a constant narrative that these bonus deals (km + as) were more likely to happen then they ever were. You yourself fed that narrative. How many times did you shoot posters down (citing maks + others) and put an overly positive spin against posters who had a dour outlook for this one. Had to have been at least 20 times. You helped sell this narrative (overly) confidently and it didn't play out like you so confidently tried to sell us. You call me entitled. I call you arrogant. You're a smart guy but you whiffed on this one.

2) 'it's still happening' is another arrogant spin. As I've posted about pogba, km, and Alexis you don't have the slightest clue what's happening or what will happen.

3) I didn't theory craft at all. The reports stated all along that they would sell for an exceptional price or if they had a replacement. You confidently shot down those sources that didn't fit your narrative a hundred times.

4) wasn't directed at me.

Having said all of that I don't have the slightest issue with you and there isn't any negativity directed at you from my end but I won't say anymore on this matter. Cheers akiva gn
 
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