Alexis Sanchez

[super_city_si]

Sanchez can play on the right, to be fair.

Makes more sense then but wonder if he is as effective? He has built his reputation arsenal on the left. I don’t know much of him before then to be honest.

 

[Stoned Rose]

Silva could play until his late 30s if the system accommodated him.

You don't need pace / brawn when your brain is 5 times better than everyone elses.

 

[yeseye]

Jack. Hackett. Is. An. Arsenal. Fan.

Well you’d think he would have the decency to let us all know!

 

[Tanzeylee]

Jesus, I take a break from Blue Moon for a couple of months and now I'm taken for a City fan.

WTF?

Well to be fair you only usually come on here talking shite when the arse win, and well ya know that’s not happened much ;-)

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

I agree with you. I just hear a lot of “he will be finished in 3 years” which is not necessarily the case.

You mean sanchez finished in 3 years ?

I think that comes from someone posting his stats declining

 

[tekki333]

I don’t subscribe to this. He’s 29 and in 3 years he will be the same age as Silva now. Would you sell Silva now? Even if we did I say we could fetch £20m plus regardless.

Oh please. You could as well compare him to Rooney. Would you want Rooney for 400k/week? Different players age differently. As much I have seen this season Sanchez is going down the Rooney road in this regard. Probably the reason he does not want to wait till summer even if it meant more money for him. His stock will drop fast.

 

[goalmole]

Heres that little spat between bulbous head and Jamie Carragher from tonight if anyone missed it:

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...e-debated-by-gary-neville-and-jamie-carragher

He' a rag. He is having trouble understanding the concept of a stand based on a principle that a verbal promise made has to be honoured.
For an Arab( I'm sorry to bring ethnicity into it) it is the one of the lowest characteristics in a human being to make a promise and not keep it. I can see why the City hierarchy are bristling at this.

 

[Jack Hackett]

I reckon a Mangala for Messi swap deal might be on the cards too

Now the idea of ridiculously mismatched transfers could deserve a thread of its own. For starters, could I suggest we give you Iwobi for Jesus?

 

[johnmc]

Silva is a totally different player...he's never been quick or dynamic athletically Sanchez has/is once that goes for the type he is its downhill....Silva with his style could play another 2/3 years in our team....Sanchez wouldn't be near it at 35

Quite possibly true but there are players who relied on pace who played on well past 32 at the top level. Giggs and Robben for example. I’m sure you could find me examples of players going on the downward path at that age. Just saying it’s not a foregone conclusion that he will be shot in 3 years.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Well you’d think he would have the decency to let us all know!

probably a bit embarrassed

 

[BlueAnorak]

You mean sanchez finished in 3 years ?

I think that comes from someone posting his stats declining

We'll they are but was that because he wanted out of Arsenal?

 

[tekki333]

On a serious note, clubs shouldn't pay a player's agent a penny - players should pay their agents from the cash an signing on fee they get.

I am surprised it is even legal. Conflict of interest and all that...

 

[Mancity1980]

Also, if we signed him now we would have missed out on 1/2 a season of his supposed prime.

The older he gets the lower the package should be.

I think at the time we were not sure that the rest of the team would improve their finishing so our need for him is not as great as it was. I am disappointed that we have lost out but in Pep we trust.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

Exactly. Causing trouble before he even got here.

Yep...if i was a player now in our dressing room i wouldnt really want Sanchez in there in all honesty. The only way this could now happen if was that he was already signed a while back anD this whole situation was a media led story

 

[Jack Hackett]

:)

Funnily enough, I have spent a fair amount of time on WhatsApp tonight poking fun at a Gooner mate. He's happy Arsenal are now getting a fee for Sanchez.

We're also happy he's going. Been in poor form, sulky and disruptive.

If you do get him, he will want to play every game. Pep will have his man management skills tested.

 

[daztrueblue91]

City have basically called his bluff on this one. If he still wants to join us, he knows the offer on the table. There was no way in a million years the club were going to upset the applecart as far as the salary issue is concerned.

Imagine KDB and others and the damage it would create.

"Over to you Alexis" is what they're basically saying.

The salary issue is absolute nonsense and is just a convenient excuse to appease people. KDBs financial package will easily see him pocket more that £400k per week. I said this the other day but wages are just the tip of the ice berg when it comes to players finances. The easy to achieve bonuses and the signing fees is what really bunks their income up.

 

[Jack Hackett]

no you're not, you support Arsenal. Clearly insane.

Like all genuine football fans

 

[johnmc]

Oh please. You could as well compare him to Rooney. Would you want Rooney for 400k/week? Different players age differently. As much I have seen this season Sanchez is going down the Rooney road in this regard. Probably the reason he does not want to wait till summer even if it meant more money for him. His stock will drop fast.

Ok. So you can see that but Pep wanted him, Mourinho wants him, Conte wants him and no doubt other clubs such as PSG and Liverpool have expressed an interest. No one at those clubs can see his evident decline but you can.

 

[BlueMoonz1977]

We'll they are but was that because he wanted out of Arsenal?

Agree...the point about agents fee’s is correct. We are all in the wrong job because they steal a living

 

[Jack Hackett]

Well to be fair you only usually come on here talking shite when the arse win, and well ya know that’s not happened much ;-)

Harsh, very harsh