Alexis Sanchez

[Theengelbert]

Danilo mate , walker is a good player .

Yep my bad.. had I known you meant Danilo I would’ve thoroughly agreed with you!

 

[daztrueblue91]

I beg to differ

To be fair, you're used to watching players like Bellerin and Debuchy at RB so you're the expert on average RBs.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

I don't think we have played a blinder in this saga at all. Essentially, our inability to close the deal has allowed our closest rivals to move in a grab the player from under our noses. If the reports that Sanchez and his agent demanded more money after having agreed a deal are true, then i can understand why the club has taken the decision it has. However, this isn't the first time this season that we have seemingly had an agreement with a player only for it to fall through at the last moment. The Alves fiasco resulted in us over spending on a bang average full back who isn't worthy of lacing the boots of the player we originally wanted.

Hopefully we can grab another forward player in January because the glaring weakness in our squad is up front. Aguero has been a shadow of his former self this season and Jesus wouldn't even be in the side if he wasn't Brazilian.

Got nothing to do with our inability...the deal was agreed in principal back last summer. The greedy fucker has decided to seek more money and then wanted it from us. We have basically let it be known now that he wanted to come to us but is looking for a massive pay day - the statement confirms it all and the whole football world knows about it now

 

[Gorton_Tubster]

Maybe, just maybe Conte put in a bid to spite Mourinho, Mourinho suspects whats going on and pulls out, chelsea pull out, city make a bid of £20m, this thread makes it to the 5000

 

[Marvin]

Not at all.

I just think we are still short up front both in numbers and experience.

67 goals for not good enough!

We can always improve, but Sanchez is not an improvement. He doesn't better a single one of our forward players, and to my mind you don't buy players at his age unless they do offer something significantly more. Would also have made a mockery of City's recent claims about Foden and Diaz been given a chance.

 

[Sheriff Fatman]

I beg to differ

You can differ but you're wrong

 

[yeseye]

He is an outstanding talent in the PL.

He scored 4 more goals than Aguero last season.

He was only just 29 in December, (7 months younger than Aguero).

He wont be available on a free because he wants to leave and Arsenal want to sell him.

I agree the money is getting ridiculous but it is a market, if we don't compete for the best players when they become available at cheap transfer fees, like in this case with Sanchez, other clubs will not hesitate.

IMO we will regret not securing him.

How has he done against Aguero in the other 4 or 5 seasons? just curious.

 

[Stoned Rose]

I don't think we have played a blinder in this saga at all. Essentially, our inability to close the deal has allowed our closest rivals to move in a grab the player from under our noses. If the reports that Sanchez and his agent demanded more money after having agreed a deal are true, then i can understand why the club has taken the decision it has. However, this isn't the first time this season that we have seemingly had an agreement with a player only for it to fall through at the last moment. The Alves fiasco resulted in us over spending on a bang average full back who isn't worthy of lacing the boots of the player we originally wanted.

Hopefully we can grab another forward player in January because the glaring weakness in our squad is up front. Aguero has been a shadow of his former self this season and Jesus wouldn't even be in the side if he wasn't Brazilian.

Walker is colossal.

Easily the best full back in the country.

 

[The Stockport Iniesta]

No issue with us walking away, however we need somebody in this window. There's no alternative to Sane on the left and it leaves us a little bit one sided when Sane either isn't available or is having a poor game which you're going to get from time to time from a 22 year old.

Part of that problem is we have no left footed attacking full back after Mendy got injured. He doesn't have a Kyle Walker bombing past on the overlap.

 

[brummie blue]

Well it was reported in at least March 2017 so you’re hardly Mystic Meg.
Alexis Sanchez hints at transfer from Arsenal to Chelsea: 'I'd like to stay in London but with a team that's winning things'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ts-transfer-arsenal-chelsea-like-stay-london/

he can't make his bloody mind up can he, City all summer, then United because they will pay more, then Chelsea because he wants to say in London.

 

[leewill31]

That's David Ornsteins statement, not City's.

I presume that is the brief City have given to the press as it seems to be the same reported by most journo's.

 

[daztrueblue91]

Got nothing to do with our inability...the deal was agreed in principal back last summer. The greedy fucker has decided to seek more money and then wanted it from us. We have basically let it be known now that he wanted to come to us but is looking fir a osy day - the statement confirms it all

Of course it has. Whilst we were happy to wait until the summer it allowed other clubs to make a move. Sanchez isn't blameless in all of this but if we truly wanted him we could have done a lot more about it.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Like the statement that Sky and BBC sport are carrying from us, basically telling Sanchez, we will happily sign you on the terms you agreed when you were desperate to join us in the summer. Puts the ball in his court and will show what type of man he is.

Exactly..we have played a blinder

 

[Jack Hackett]

To be fair, you're used to watching players like Bellerin and Debuchy at RB so you're the expert on average RBs.

I can't argue with that, but I do remember Lee Dixon and Lauren too

 

[Corky]

Well it was reported in at least March 2017 so you’re hardly Mystic Meg.
Alexis Sanchez hints at transfer from Arsenal to Chelsea: 'I'd like to stay in London but with a team that's winning things'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ts-transfer-arsenal-chelsea-like-stay-london/

Yet the likes of the know it alls still correct me when I said he would not sign for us on the 2nd and 3rd attempt. Even congratulated themselves on betting odds-on.

He was never joining City, I you were not saying it.

 

[Theengelbert]

Someone said about 40 pages back that Jesus is only gonna be our for another 2 weeks.. is this true? Because if it is well be fine! We only have what.. Newcastle, Bristol, Cardiff, West Brom in that time.. what are we worried about here???

 

[Robinho's Subbuteo]

Breaking news on sky sports news saying Chelsea are interested in Alexis Sanchez.
Oh this is going to be hilarious.

 

[cleavers]

he can't make his bloody mind up can he, City all summer, then United because they will pay more, then Chelsea because he wants to say in London.

That bit was last March.

 

[daztrueblue91]

67 goals for not good enough!

We can always improve, but Sanchez is not an improvement. He doesn't better a single one of our forward players, and to my mind you don't buy players at his age unless they do offer something significantly more. Would also have made a mockery of City's recent claims about Foden and Diaz been given a chance.

Of course he's an improvement. The only player who is anywhere near him is Kun and he's also been out of form this season.

 

[citytilllidie]

Does anyone know why Sanchez left Barca?
Was it Suarez (not Denis) arriving?
I think I heard Ballague say many moons ago, that he wasn't considered by Barca management to be an 'Elite' footballer.
I wonder if that was at the back of Txikis mind when the goalposts started moving into the stratosphere