This is probably the first time in a long while that a swap deal is going to happen as well. You only see these deals often in video games.
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This feels like Groundhog Day.
Someone should gif Mourinho and Ed onto a floyd mayweather clip where he is "throwin' huneds"
Early days, but I wonder if he could have Van Persie-like effect on the team.
bookmakers pricing in 95% probability. You never gonna get any higher than this number !
Announce Sanchezzzzzzzzzzzz !
Announce Sanchezzzzzzzzzzzz !
How are you guys doing tonight?
Perhaps the thread title should be updated to say Wenger said move likely in past 24 hours.
Sanchezster la la la Sanchezster la la la
Wouldn't surprise me at all. I've always rated him very highly. Think he's coming here invigorated and motivated, a Sanchez on fire is top 5 in the world in his position.
I was so excited last few days, I just realized we finally signed a proper number 7!
You're relentlessly negative.
Both managers want their new players registered to play at the weekend so today HAS to be the day for that to happen.Let's hope so
Finger crossed.
The money was available. According to reports went as high as 45m with Inter refusing to sell.Hello mate, hope you're well
I think it doesn't help that we've had a hit or miss record when it comes to the big transfers in recent times. We've had Mata, Di Maria, and Depay were attaching players that we signed without having a clear vision for how they'd fit into the team imo. The positive for me is that Mourinho didnt sign any of those players and he tends to know what he wants. He might wonder why the money is suddenly available when it wasn't for Ivan Perisic, maybe.
Anyway your suggestion about second striker makes sense. Hope we can get the RHS of our attack sorted in the summer.
I'd imagine the BBC are hoping and praying that Alexis Sanchez doesn't sign before the deadline today(if it is today, and hasn't already passed), so that AS7's first match in a Manchester United shirt is the 'live' FA Cup tie against Yeovil Town next Friday.
Sanchez passes my eye test but you have to ask the question -- Does he look good because he is in an average Arsenal team/rose amongst thorns or because he is actually that good?
He is actually that good. Why are people questioning Sanchez's abilities all of a sudden?
He's one of a very small number of players who are genuinely World class in the PL
Sanchez looked good with Arsenal, so did Miki with Dortmund.
He's a world class player and has obviously been for years. Just look at the shit he does. Or whenever he plays for Chile. He had a "meh" barcelona career as he isn't suited to that style where it's possession and 1 touch and then passing it away, but he was blatantly world class whenever you saw him for Chile even then. 2014 world cup he was brilliant and was always going to be a bargain for whoever got him from Barca. Then he's been one of the top 3 players in the league since joining. Easily world class and one of the top 5 in the league when on form like he was last season.
Shhhhh... Stop making sense on the internet bro.
Not Really , they will expect him to play ASAP . we made him the highest earner in EPL, surely people want him to play as many minutes as possible
What time is the deadline to get them registered for Burnley?
No way can I see him start now, if I'm being honest I don't think he can make the bench without at least a few sessions in him.
No way can I see him start now, if I'm being honest I don't think he can make the bench without at least a few sessions in him.
12.00pm Friday (Today)
he has been great since udinese
This just in: Real footballers prefer not to win trophies. Or football matches for that matter.
Cheers!
One of my all-time favourite players was Veron. You had to built the team around him to maximise his talents. Fergie didnt. Let's hope Sanchez doesnt require this adjustment.
Sanchez will be the new Cantona, the new talisman
Let's go again. I am ready.
Every day we delay this, we save 1m in wages.
Shhhhh. Once he signs for us hes going to better suited to rugby in the eyes of many.
Good mixture of goals , he will get himself into positions for the tap in's as well , looks deceptively easy to do but you need to have good football instincts and quick feet , he has both in spades.
Every day we delay this, we save 1m in wages.
And he gets a day nearer semi-retirement
Of course. That's why we're all so excited about this. A world class player from a rival PL team.
So what's the hold up? Mhitki still trying to figure out what to do? Arse should take him, send him back to Dortmund as part of the Aurb deal.
Knowing this forum he'll be over the hill, every bad game he has his wages will be brought up and people who dislike him for whatever reason will waiting under rocks for him to make mistakes. The man is a world-class player and I hope he hits the ground running.
Don't know why everyone is so antsy. It will be announced by the time Mou holds his presser. Doubt he'll play on the weekend, great vid btw, some cracking goals there
Hopefully both players have already flown/travelled to Manchester/London respectively over the night, are now sleeping away in the respective hotels awaiting the morning when things can start moving again. Please get this past the line before 12pm!
Hey, Oldham fan here. Got a few questions for a few of you.
1. Is Alexis Sanchez worth the wages that are being offered to Manchester United, and how will that have an impact on future transfer windows- if let's say his wages stop United from landing a top target like Bale who would command a similar wage?
2. Would any players be offloaded to fund this deal? Where does this leave Juan Mata, with the current contract situation, will he have to leave?
3. Was this transfer, worth it just to stop City and Pep from further pulling away? Are there not other younger targets who United could have got on less wages/more value for money, or is it worth it to United to act now before he moved to City?
4. Where do some of you think Sanchez will play and who will come out of the side for him?
5. Who would you want United to target in the summer to go alongside Sanchez? How many players will be brought in? Does this mean Griezmann isn't a target and will City/Chelsea move for him instead? If he signed for either one, how would you feel about that?
6. What do you think Sanchez will bring to the team and for the rest of the season? Will his impact help you catch City?
Personally I think it's a gamble but it's a gamble worth taking due to the current situation United are in, and looking at City- they're flying and adding Sanchez would be even worse for everyone else in the league. So I think United needed to act now- whatever the price.
1. Is Alexis Sanchez worth the wages that are being offered to Manchester United, and how will that have an impact on future transfer windows- if let's say his wages stop United from landing a top target like Bale who would command a similar wage?
2. Would any players be offloaded to fund this deal? Where does this leave Juan Mata, with the current contract situation, will he have to leave?
3. Was this transfer, worth it just to stop City and Pep from further pulling away? Are there not other younger targets who United could have got on less wages/more value for money, or is it worth it to United to act now before he moved to City?
4. Where do some of you think Sanchez will play and who will come out of the side for him?
5. Who would you want United to target in the summer to go alongside Sanchez? How many players will be brought in? Does this mean Griezmann isn't a target and will City/Chelsea move for him instead? If he signed for either one, how would you feel about that?
6. What do you think Sanchez will bring to the team and for the rest of the season? Will his impact help you catch City?
Personally I think it's a gamble but it's a gamble worth taking due to the current situation United are in, and looking at City- they're flying and adding Sanchez would be even worse for everyone else in the league. So I think United needed to act now- whatever the price.
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