Even if Sanchez turns out to be a dud (which I very much doubt) this transfer is a masterstroke. Ashton and Ballbag with their smug know it all inside track bullshit, betrayed Pep bullshit, £180m bullshit, and it ends up a straight swap. STRAIGHT feckING SWAP.
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Some German statistics-based scouting algorithm thing.
No it is not
If you swap an asset that is worth £35m to get another asset than you have paid £35m for that asset and it has not been free.
If we had paid £35m in cash for Sanchez instead of giving them Mkhitaryan, you wouldn't have said we were getting him for free. But if we give up Mkhitaryan (who if we sold him for cash we could get £35m) to get Sanchez, than you say it is for free. That makes no sense.
Sky Sports are showing the most random video footage of Mkhi and Raiola waiting for a car outside a hotel.
Why do you have to put a higher market value on it? What does it matter for?
Oh ffs again
I told you once that I’m referring to the English meaning
Now mind your own
They do that a lot. They must not know where Alexis is or they would have video footage of him too.
Video of Mkhi in London a few minutes ago on SSN. So they have actually travelled now, not at 11pm last night.
The graphs 
I still can't believe barely over a week ago I bet on him joining City because I thought United so called interest was pushing the odds, and now we're signing Alexis Sanchez
I still can't believe barely over a week ago I bet on him joining City because I thought United so called interest was pushing the odds, and now we're signing Alexis Sanchez
It's a bit like real life panini swaps. Mourinho: "I need Sanchez to complete my Man United team, I'll give you Mkhitaryan".
But clearly they aren't equal players in terms of quality, despite contract situations. City low balling probably worked in our favour, because he's clearly worth more than mhki, 6 months left or not.
I don't understand why the media keep harping on about the wage thing and adding it into the cost.
1. If Mhki was on £150,000/week, over the next 2.5 years we'd pay out £19.5m
2. However, we're swapping him for Sanchez who may be on something like £350,000/week. That extra £200,000 over 2.5 years is £26m.
3. If the contract is 4.5 years, the total cost of wages expenditure for him will be £62.4m more than if Mhki stayed with us for 4.5 years on £150,000/week (which would have been unlikely because he'd likely get a pay rise if we wanted to keep him). (£26m + £36.4m). An extra £15.6m a year...pretty doable for United.
Now where is the extra £120m coming from?
I'm pretty sure there's a huge flaw in my maths, but at this point, I really can't be arsed checking it all over.
1. If Mhki was on £150,000/week, over the next 2.5 years we'd pay out £19.5m
2. However, we're swapping him for Sanchez who may be on something like £350,000/week. That extra £200,000 over 2.5 years is £26m.
3. If the contract is 4.5 years, the total cost of wages expenditure for him will be £62.4m more than if Mhki stayed with us for 4.5 years on £150,000/week (which would have been unlikely because he'd likely get a pay rise if we wanted to keep him). (£26m + £36.4m). An extra £15.6m a year...pretty doable for United.
Now where is the extra £120m coming from?
I'm pretty sure there's a huge flaw in my maths, but at this point, I really can't be arsed checking it all over.
I'll ask again but where is this coming from. The 180 mil media?
The sensible thing would be that we would simply subsidise the difference between his United contract and his Arsenal one for the duration of his contract. That's what City did with Adebayor. And its not like he's joining Spurs so he won't be on slave wages.
And Arsene clearly no longer gives a feck so he accepted
If you think Raiola didn't make sure his client and himself got a payday out of this than you are naive.
It's just to end the well Mkhi has value brigade who are ignoring the fact that Alexis does too.
We've clearly been duped!
FFS, look at their pinned tweet, their top 20 all time includes Walcott.
Clearly Everton are the real winners here.
Raiola’s fee, which we probably handed over to Arsenal á la Pogba/Juventus deal.
Oh. Carry on so. I couldn't care less. Miki is a good player but his mentality was lacking. Sanchez is a great player with some serious fight. It's a fantastic deal for us.
Sure he did, but why are we the ones to pay it?
It's quite remarkable how Ed Woodward has become successful at transfers, ever since Jose came in as manager.
Literally don’t give a feck about the money involved.
Is he better than what we’ve got? Yes.
Can we get him? Yes.
Let’s do it. Football isn’t about accountancy. It’s about entertaining. And he will, based on previous excursions.
Welcome Alexis.
Is he better than what we’ve got? Yes.
Can we get him? Yes.
Let’s do it. Football isn’t about accountancy. It’s about entertaining. And he will, based on previous excursions.
Welcome Alexis.
We paid £26m for him when he had 1 year left on his deal at Dortmund and that was 1.5 years ago. He is a good palyer with value to many teams. Surely his big salary and poor form reduce that value but I think £35m isn't that far off to be honest.
The signing on fee is apparently £10m and the agent fee is apparently £10m, but yeah your logic and maths are correct. The media are just making things up and including tax. It’s a fantastic deal for United who will be getting a player worth around £80m.
He has been doing well under LVG too, according to what was asked from him. The thing changed is Mourinho. He's more organized in his transfer policy than the Dutch.
Fabrizio I love you
Luc Nilis on that list
I think he was a great player, who didn't get everything out of his career, but that is ridiculous.
Apparently their rating is a measure for their effect on goal difference. If I understand correctly, the algorithm looks at scores of the team when the player is playing and scores when he's not playing and then calculates their impact on goal difference...
Is the same cavalier attitude that Rangers had prior to going into administration twice...and still not entertaining anyone.
Because we are the ones with most to gain from it.
Hopefully, by the end of this, Alexis blows up here just like Namek! Not literally, though...
Great times.
Or DBS where they after every 20-30 minute episode say that 1 more minute has passed in the tournament of power.
To be fair, because they're so overpowered now, I find it quite believable that they manage to do all that they do in 1 minute! Your son is new to the show and is watching it now? Awesome! Frieza's whole battle was season 3, though! You ever fancied it? Even before that.
2015 was a good Summer. The double Schmifield deal were we only paid 24 mil for Morgan and just 6 for BFS. Signed Martial and got a decent deal for Memphis. The manager who signed them just had no clue how to use them. But Woody did his job well.
Goal Impact charts....does that take into account the BBC's "Expected Goals" stats?
With all due respect, those graphs mean nothing. Sanchez will bring United what we have been missing.
I hope he fancies a return to the right hand side with some freedom to move in. Debut against Yeovil, or baptism of fire against Spurs?
With all due respect, those graphs mean nothing. Sanchez will bring United what we have been missing.
I hope he fancies a return to the right hand side with some freedom to move in. Debut against Yeovil, or baptism of fire against Spurs?
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