Alexis Sanchez

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City are no longer a club where 1 player is significant. The days of Tevez, Robinho, Aguero as marquee signings are behind us. It is about team, playing style, player development, strategy, vision, and recruitment policy. We are the best run club in the league and the management think long term. I would certainly want Sanchez here, but if the management decide the terms don't align with those values, then good on them. We move on.
 
Literally the only thing that has been reported today is that the rags are "thought to be ahead." If that's all it takes for you lot to give up then I'm glad your not negotiating
 
franksinatra said:
Where ever the player ends up he will be a great signing as he is a top drawer player and the scorer of important goals in the biggest of games.

Bit of revisionism on here saying its a desperate signing etc. Like with City if the player is worth X amount to improve the teams side then it is worth paying just like the money we paid for Walker is proving a great investment, as is Ederson and the money for Stones from the year before. All at the time were viewed as overpaying.

We have had a lot of victories of late and so a bit of a bloody nose is possibly due, just like with Alves. I have no doubt with Pep we will come back even stronger.
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It is a desperate signing from Utd's point of view. They are not signing him as part of a plan, it's a hugely expensive punt, on a 29 year old, to rescue them.

I don't see why anyone should try to let them off lightly for it.

No way do they actually want to pay this money out, they are in a position where they felt they had to go for him.
 
The Light Was Yellow Sir said:
Not only that, they also ‘know’, he only wants Pep, he turned down PSG AND Munich in the summer and he’d never want to play for Maureen. Well, maybe none of that is true? Also, this idea that going there is a backward step from Arsenal is fanciful. Whatever Maureen’s philosophy is or isn’t, this is the 4th best start they’ve had in the history of the PL. If there’s one thing he knows how to do, it’s win cup matches, especially over 2 legs. Sanchez might go to the dark side and they might win the CL and FA cup, contributing hugely. Then again........
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Or maybe he will have to do heavy defensive works for all his attacking talents
 
come-on-barney said:
One of the family is an Arsenal season ticket holder. He shares your view also. He reckons he’s lost that yard of pace and not the same player he was. Still a very good player but his best years are behind him. Also he said the stories of unrest with him are the tip of the iceberg. He has kept saying throughout this saga that we would be better investing in a younger world class striker that would eventually replace Kun.
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At Arsenal he is not a team player. He is / was a fantastic individual capable of moments if defining quality. My memories of him at Barcelona was someone struggling to fit in fully with how they were playing as well.

Now, Pep knows best, he obviously had a plan for Sanchez, but I just always thought it was a bit of a gamble.
 
Do me a favour things change quickly. If Utd decide as a last throw of the dice to throw ridiculous money at it then things change. Sanchez might have preferred us but if they offer £150k a week more what can we do? @tolmie's hairdoo posts in good faith but nothing is done until they've actually signed.
 
We have had everything running so smooth this season that we have forgot what it feels like to take a punch, if this is true. As for the player if he has agreed with Pep that he wants to join and then does an about turn based on money when he would have been earning plenty anyway, then maybe his character is not one we want.

The only other thought is that he is concerned about being in a team where he will be rotated and wants as he has at Arsenal and Chile a guarantee he will play every minute. The downside for him is that the less rotation and rest he gets the more injuries and wear and tear he will have. This will ultimately reduce his ability to play at his best level for a long period.

As he is an intensive player he may feel he can only do that for a couple of years playing all the time and wants a huge contract to offset that. If he gets a 4yr contract on 400k a week and then loses his impact after a couple of years he is in a win/win situation
 
so be it if he goes somewhere else. We’ll survive and it will say a lot about his commitment after wanting us for months he suddenly decides to join united or Liverpool. It will show he lacks true focus and that’s not what we look for in our players, we want fighters so let’s see what he decides
 
balotelli's back pocket said:
Literally the only thing that has been reported today is that the rags are "thought to be ahead." If that's all it takes for you lot to give up then I'm glad your not negotiating
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Precisely. It’s obviously not what people want to hear, but it was only on Thursday/Friday that this whole thing took a complete u-turn.

City could decicde to up the anti today or tomorrow and the whole thing could be flipped on it’s head again by Monday.

Until we have reliable sources definitively saying it’s a done deal, rather than saying United are ahead, this is still up in the air.
 
razman said:

Not sure if it's martin







U know they will never run out of money... It's about squad harmony as well which Pep wants...kdb is going to renew his contract soon hopefully and even his improved salary is not close to what united are offering off Sanchez now...u think Sanchez deserves more than kdb ?

Anyway I hope we can get Sanchez , because he will give a great chance for the champions league
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You find me a cheaper alternative to Sanchez... I will wait all day.
 
Neville Kneville said:
No, if he wants cash, he can fuck off.

If he wants football, he can sign for City.
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That is rich coming from City fans.

Lets just remember where we came from.

If it was all about football, why did Messi and Ronaldo sign a ridiculous contract with their respective clubs? Cash will always be king, footballers have no loyalty to any team but themselves. The sooner football fans realise that, the better.
 
RandomJ said:
He won them the title. Pretty big justification.
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Precisely.

We as a club have to decide what we want. Do we want a dynasty like Barcelona of the past decade along with other examples? You have to basically strangle the competition for several years to establish a dynasty. We were on the edge of it I feel with our first title but decided we only wanted players that wanted us more than money thus Hazard and RVP et al. Then we spent years spinning our wheels with some good years and some bad. Don’t get me wrong. It’s been a fun ride, but we’re nothing resembling a dynasty.

Now again we I feel are on the verge of something special. This isn’t the time to act as if we’ve won five league titles in a row with a few CL trophies to boot.
 
shaiomarali said:
We’re not playing hardball at all. We have a long term project, football and finance wise, and we are sticking to it. So far we are beginning to see the fruits of our labour. We have a young squad sitting 15 points top of the league playing football never seen before in this land. The people we have up top are patient yet astute strategists who has measured the cost benefits of our actions.

I’m sure we have other players in mind as fallback options. Let the rags waste £50m or so on Sanchez, he hasnt been prolific with 6th place arsenal anyway. Pretty sure we can get better players for the price. Salah went for £37m just last window, so I’m sure there are a few other rough diamonds in the market.
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You are missing my point. If we had offered Arsenal 30m on Jan 1st, personally feel Alexis, who allegedly agreed personal terms with us, would be lining up against Liverpool this afternoon.
 
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