This season? Yeah he had 3 or 4. I'd still rather have Alexis, or Di Maria for that matter.
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This season? Yeah he had 3 or 4. I'd still rather have Alexis, or Di Maria for that matter.
I think top players deserve top salaries. If clubs can make millions then so should players who works hard to the risk of getting injured, to make that happen. I also think that players are like foot soldiers. If purely managed they will fail. You can't possibly blame ADM for failing with us as most of our players underperformed under him.
What I disagree upon is players demanding a payrise just after failing. Arsenal are a top club, they are willing to offer the same terms we offered and will provide him the ideal platform for him to dust himself out from this unpleasant experience and shine. Asking a payrise from them stinks big time.
If I was an Arsenal fan I wouldn't want a player like him anywhere near to my club. Let him rot at that club. That what he deserves.
The only reliable bit I got was Raiola saying he proposed the idea 6 weeks ago. Can't really interpret to whom he proposed this idea. But with his United connections, I thought Us is more likely.
I have a feeling the idea was proposed to Jose who brought it to the attention of Woodward, who agreed to it since it fulfills his requirement that United needed to sell before buying (As mentioned in the Beebs article last year) and set things in motion.
If all of that is true, there is no way Mkhi would say No to Arsenal, since it was his agent who proposed the deal in the first place (Again this might be exaggeration since Raiola is a bit of an attention hog).
This just seems like it's a matter of time.
I don't get why people keep saying Mkhi doesn't want to go to Arsenal. His agent said this is the Mkhi deal not the Sanchez deal and they suggested the deal themselves, not United, Sanchez or Arsenal. Further to that Mkhi has in the past expressed his love for Arsenal and Wenger in particular. So yes he'd want to go, he's just making sure he gets a good deal out of it.
Tough, to be honest. We're contractually obligated to pay him for the next two and a half years of his current salary. If we're trying to push him out of the door, he's perfectly entitled to try and make that happen on terms that favour him.
True but if negotiations were close wouldnt he be travelling for a medical. this one is a few days off in my opinion. Big decision to go and live in that s*it hole
Although most of his performances haven’t been up to scratch, I can’t help but feel Mkhi has been treated poorly since joining us.
Sanchez is obviously an amazing player but some of our fans have been blinded by the “shiny new toy syndrome” and have forgotten Mkhi’s performances on the way to our only major European trophy since SAF.
Sanchez is obviously an amazing player but some of our fans have been blinded by the “shiny new toy syndrome” and have forgotten Mkhi’s performances on the way to our only major European trophy since SAF.
I don't get why we should be ecstatic as you put it, that Raiola is at the heart of this. He complicates this more than anything due to his exorbitant fees. The simplest way of doing this is paying the money and put Mkhi up for sale. What would Mkhi and Raiola do then? It's not like Mkhi's got a lot of leverage, he can keep taking his money and not play, or he can leave.
In fairness it's easy to forget when he's played like absolute rubbish in the league.
I mean if Arsenal want Mkhitaryan and only Mkhitaryan for Sanchez, that puts a hole in your plans.
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Mkhitaryan: My favourite team is Arsenal
Via Uefa in 2009:
“My favourite team is Arsenal. I like their attacking play and fast style. Moreover, Arsène Wenger puts faith in young players while demanding results at the same time. I like that and want to play there one day.”
Mkhitaryan could have gone there in 2016 but United will have offered more money.
This to be honest. Imagine at your workplace if you really loved it there your boss said 'do you mind going to this other company so we can hire this guy?' you'd tell them to get fecked. He doesn't owe us anything, football is his job and he has likely family to consider, uprooting children if he even has any I'm not sure etc. It's easy as fans for us to manage his life and say oh yeah he should just move across the country, but at the end of the day it's our job to watch the games at the weekend and that's it. Not to hate a guy because he doesn't want to change his life so he can be replaced.
boggles the mind mate. I agree with you 100%. As i said above, Mkhi and Raiola both know this is their last pay day on the contract.
Jose is about to sign a fresh new extension, there is no future for mkhi when they fundamentally disagree over their "philosophies".
He always looks like that.
Yeah I haven’t been a big admirer of his performances in the league either, just feel sorry for the guy.
He got his dream move, got dropped and didn’t even get played the first few months. That would knock anyone’s confidence.
Yeah it would. However, I've not seen anything concrete with regards to that being the only option. Like I said before, if the deal hinges on them getting a player in, we could send him there on loan (with or without an option to buy, he'd be playing for his career) for the rest of the season.
It wouldn't be bad for Arsenal either, they'd see whether he can be anything more than a passenger for them, evaluate whether he's worth it.
I really don't think he'd fancy not playing for the next 4 months.
I like Henrik and last year he played well for a period of time but in the end,
Mhki will be a loser in all of this if it doesn't happen.
Mhki will be a loser in all of this if it doesn't happen.
Bernardo Silva has had a similar experience and we don’t hear anything
Thanks a lot. Didnt know that
No he won't, he'll be a United player...he'll play his games, and it's up to him to recapture his form...
Gee thanks, always up for positive feedback, but trust me it's not only this thread I embarrass myself in. x
ps. If you were a United fan you'd be aware that Arsenal will not be over keen on selling their star player to us after RvP, there are other clubs out there you know, they have money also, Arsenal will get offers for Sanchez right up until the deadline in the unlikely event he's not a United player in the next few days.
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Agreed, but Mkhitaryan was his own worst enemy this season. After his performances at the end of last season many thought that was the turning point for him and that he'd finally kick on. Sadly, he seemed to regress and his performances showed that despite some assists early on. I do wish he'd worked out though, seems a likeable bloke from his interviews and even though they're our rivals I do want him to well at Arsenal (to an extent).
I am not referring to us but Arsenal. Lets give you an scenario
Lets assume we're in 2006 and Ferguson wants to bring Gravesen from Real Madrid. The guy had failed with them and United is simply a too good of an opportunity for him to lose. Real wants to sell and they had made it quite obvious they don't want him there, United want to buy and are willing to offer same terms to the one he's got with Real and yet, Gravesen says no unless he gets a substantial salary increase. Would you still want the guy??
Yeah, because of City's success, he's been totally forgotten about, but it should be a bigger talking point than it is.
I agree, but importantly Mkhi doesn't think he failed. He likely thinks he has been let down, publically humiliated and badly managed by his manager. I don't agree with that but his agent definitely does.
His agent thinks he can get another 30K out of Arsenals billionaire just like Sanchez's agent thinks he can get another 100k plus from our hedge fund managers. It doesn't make him a bad person he is not taking it from a charity.
Sure, but does he look like someone who's keen to move? Doesn't sound like it.
Footballers say things like that all the time, can't hold it as gospel. They are people after all, and minds can be changed.
Beggars can't be choosers. Wenger doesn't have too many options or the money to not ruin an already ruined season.
That depends on his form...it's up to him, but it's not like Jose will throw him in the reserves or make him train with the kids...
No he was Penelope Pitstop's fella in Wacky Races, wasn't he?
Really hoped he’d have been in for Burnley, doesn’t look like it’s going to happen before then.
Guess the Spurs game is more important for him.
Guess the Spurs game is more important for him.
A more expensive option too. Which is why the you could reasonably expect to get more money doing it in London vs Manchester.Tbf, most people would consider that an upgrade
I mean, it's not like he's come here and scored a dozen own goals. He's been an OK 6/7 typr of player most of the time, which would keep you gainfully employed at most jobs. Just not promoted very frequently. Doesn't mean you'd stop getting paid. And certainly doesn't mean you'd take the move to the North London office for free
That's really up to the player to decide, though - not people on a forum.
If he doesn't want Arsenal, he doesn't want Arsenal. But then maybe he does and we're all arguing about nothing. None of us have a clue if what we're being told is accurate, other than that we're after Sanchez and Mkhi is likely party of the deal.
All of those being bored and nervous, how the hell did you guys survive the Pogba transfer?! 
I drank.... a lot.All of those being bored and nervous, how the hell did you guys survive the Pogba transfer?!
Shite, Jose doesn't look very happy there. That can't be a good sign........sure Jose is always happy.
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