Lets just consider that IF the rumoured figures quoted are correct then the rags will be paying:
£35 Million fee.
£15 million signing on fee.
£10 million agent fee.
£350 - £400k a week wages.
All of this to get a player put of contract in 4 months.
In this context I can understand exactly why we would not stump up.
Sorry to be a pain .. what have a I missed ? , Sanchez dropped , but how’s everyone adamant he’s going to the swamp and not us ? (Without me reading back 60 odd pages )
But perhaps he didn't want him at " any price " ?
if it was 45m plus wages of 150k a week then I believe he would be here, but the quotes of 350 - 400k make the deal astronimical , especially as we are offering Kev 240K (according to the media). And although Alexis would be great here, not when it de-stables the squad and also means we cant sign a cb + dm and possibly a left back in this window.It is going to cost us a lot more to sign a player of the level in the summer...
45m for a WC forward despite being 29 in todays market is a bargain.
I switch off for a few hours and I’m reading comments he’s off to utd!
Where this info coming from ?
Arsenal can not let him go to a direct rival surely. Their fans would totally blow if they did.
Got to say I would be gutted if we loose out but really proud the way City are not bending over. We get him great if we don’t then we have £40-60 mill in the summer for a younger striker. Sanchez would be amazing now and next season but then we would be back to where we are now. Maybe a younger striker would be better any way to partner Jesus over the next 5 years.
Either way great time to be a blue
Shocking.I am officially awarding this thread: "The worst of Bluemoon"
Congrats to all involved, it's a very proud moment for all of us.
Match day threads were not included in this competition
Lets just consider that IF the rumoured figures quoted are correct then the rags will be paying:
£35 Million fee.
£15 million signing on fee.
£10 million agent fee.
£350 - £400k a week wages.
All of this to get a player put of contract in 4 months.
In this context I can understand exactly why we would not stump up.
Lets just consider that IF the rumoured figures quoted are correct then the rags will be paying:
£35 Million fee.
£15 million signing on fee.
£10 million agent fee.
£350 - £400k a week wages.
All of this to get a player put of contract in 4 months.
In this context I can understand exactly why we would not stump up.
They can afford it, no?
If it means it closes the gap on us and makes them much better then its a price worth paying?
No because that’s obviously different to the matter at hand. What Alexis wants is within reason for all top players. Pay him a higher signing on fee, reduce his wages simple.
think its more a case ofAm I correct in saying pundits and papers are in the main still saying he will come to us but everyone on here thinks he is going to the scum
I factored in a premature awarding of a Forum award into the decision, so I dunno, I think this one winsShocking.
Isco wins every day of all the transfer windows for me.
The Alfonso Alves thread was spectacular, though shorter, as well.
While I also understand the clubs current stance, it begs the question why we thought he was worth £60m in the summer. In the space of 4 months he has gone from arguably our number 1 transfer target, to a guy that we are not willing to pay more than £20m for. I feel that it was either a short-sighted, over-priced, stupid move in the summer, or we are now cutting off our nose to spite our face.
We could have got him for 70 mil in the summer if we'd bid it early.
But he's not worth it, nor worth what Utd will pay him.
How come we cannot afford him if we were rumoured to have put in an offer for Mbappe in the Summer for over 100m ...I think we can afford him but wont pay agents fees
It sounds like madness until you compare Coutinho to Barca for £142m. Granted he is younger and not out of contract but we r gonna have to pay big in the summer for another worldy.
Maybe we didn’t imagined a shark team in the summer and now we already have oneWhile I also understand the clubs current stance, it begs the question why we thought he was worth £60m in the summer. In the space of 4 months he has gone from arguably our number 1 transfer target, to a guy that we are not willing to pay more than £20m for. I feel that it was either a short-sighted, over-priced, stupid move in the summer, or we are now cutting off our nose to spite our face.