Alexis Sanchez

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Citizen in Pakistan said:
Is it over as far as we are concerned? My mind still cant accept that sanchez will sign for united, not because we were after him but the fact that city offer a genuine chance of trophies and have better players.
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It's not over until he signs on the dotted line. Transfers are weird things. Remember how Delph wrote a letter to the fans (published on the Villa official website) promising to stay at Villa? Nothing is set until the papers are all signed and filed with the FA.
 
blue5ter said:
I'm afraid I completely disagree. Recruiters are employed by the hirer. The agent is employed by the player. The recruiter in your example is not conflicted, other than that he's desperate to fill the role even with someone not suitable, to get his fee.

You are quite right that we lose if we choose not to play ball - it has to be the regulations that change as we can't do it on our own. And there is a logic to saying if agents hold the power, do what another poster here suggested and play the game by prioritising getting the agent on side in order to get the player

But medium - long term, that doesn't solve the problem. I have no issue with agents earning vast amounts of money. I have no issue with huge transfer fees and/or agents fees. But the fact an agent can scupper a deal by literally, without any exageration whatsoever, naming any figure they wish for and getting the other party to pay, needs sorting out
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I understand where you're coming from but again this relies on the player not having any preference on their final destination. This transfer saga has been unusual to have lasted as long as it has and it probably is because Sanchez hasn't decided what he wants.

If he doesn't mind where he goes, which lets face it - is the majority of the time then it is literally the job of the agent to get the best deal for the player. Which in most cases is the best financial package. And with the best deal they would expect to be paid for it.

You are correct that it is when the best deal for the player is not aligned with the best deal for the agent that you have a problem and surely the player will say no.
If not then you should question the mental strength of the player.

If we don't sign sanchez though - don't kid yourself that it is the agent that prevented it from happening, it was purely that he didn't want the move as much as we had been led to believe.
 
AliBobbyJ said:
Best post in the thread.

As for "it's getting ridiculous", it's not new. The old folks will remember saying that about Denis Law to City from Huddersfield for 50,000, and before that there was Busby not wanting to put a 30,000 price tag on Tommy Taylor's head so paying 29,999 and tipping Barnsley's tea lady the extra quid.
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I remember a tv debate back in the late 60s I think. It was a simple question - is any player ever worth one million? The answer the panel came up with was yes, as long as it was Colin Bell.
 
citizens_1976 said:
The market is completely broken now, I can only see it getting worse from now on. When average players like Danny Drinkwater are going for nearly 40m, you know football has gone completely bonkers. We may as well jump on board and as I have mentioned before, give it 5 seasons tops and you will see a player earning 1m a week. Its definitely getting to that stage.
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Can see players and agents getting more and more money, but players running contracts down, and the money being all about signing bonus and "loyalty" bonus.

The transfer fee bonanza isn't sustainable as shown with Sanchez deal. Pay megabucks for a 29/30 year old striker? Maybe 2/3 years maximum left in him and likely 1 good year only.

Sergio probably already peaked and near to starting the decline. Same with Messi. Already there with Ronaldo.
 
AliBobbyJ said:
Best post in the thread.

As for "it's getting ridiculous", it's not new. The old folks will remember saying that about Denis Law to City from Huddersfield for 50,000, and before that there was Busby not wanting to put a 30,000 price tag on Tommy Taylor's head so paying 29,999 and tipping Barnsley's tea lady the extra quid.
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BTW - get stuffed with “The old folks”. I’m not even 60 yet sonny and I remember it just fine thanks :)
 
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