Would only take Kane, Kdb and Hazard ahead of him in the league. At his best, he is/was untouchable.
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I think we’ll get him for about 27m
Yeah cause it's not like we haven't seen him play every week for the last 4 years.
One positive if we get him is that we won’t have to worry about him fecking off to Spain. Been there, done that.
I think this is precisely why we see him behaving the way he does. I don't recall much being made of his "poor attitude" while he was at Barcelona.
To be honest, if I was Sanchez, why would I go to City? There are quite a few players competing for the attacking positions, and he’d probably find himself in an Aguero position, where he’s rotated with Sane, Sterling, Bernardo on the flanks. And does that make sense for him at this point? Is his love for Pep so great that he can put up with this type of role, similar to how he was at Barcelona?
We got an injury prone Van Persie who was around the same age and pretty much won us the league himself. You tell me, is it old?
The point perhaps being missed, is we'd have literally zero chance of getting any of those (bar Pogba!)
I don't agree he plays for himself, he's exceptionally hard working for a flair player.
Martial and Rashford can be a bit selfish at times, but Sanchez provides a lot more consistent quality. If he replaces the underwhelming Mhky, or the one paced Mata on the other side even better
It would be a kick in the nuts if he(Sanchez) snubs us again even though we would give him more game time and cash only for him to wait til June and sign for City.
I reckon United are favorites for him now, but I am really surprised if he chooses United. By the time United 'project' is done he'll be 32. You lot are not winning the CL anytime soon either and City have all but won the league this season and should be heavy favorites again next season. Though you lot obviously have more chance than us I suppose.
I am also surprised Chelsea are not in for him either, they are more or less at the same level as United right now.
I am also surprised Chelsea are not in for him either, they are more or less at the same level as United right now.
Agree with you pal.
29 would be old if we were trying to get him for £100m. But at a cut price, he's right at his peak, and you need some of those level players.
Because he wants to win a shit load of trophies, play in a team that flying high and make a tidy sum too. This whole why would go to City is daft, it’s obvious why.
True. I'm fed up with losing all our players to Spain.
You don't think we can win the league and CL soon if we add Sanchez, Ozil and another marquee signing in the summer?
I wrote a bit on this earlier, that perhaps gives a good idea of why we'd make more sense. Along the lines of
- Focus on United is higher than every other club in the country by a mile
- He'd be our star man
- He'd take the historical Number 7 and have a chance of becoming an icon
- We're on the up and building
- Higher wage of course!
- He'd have to rotate
- He wouldn't be a major reason for this year's title
- Did he even get on with Pep that well?
As for Chelsea, I honestly don't think they have the ability to compete with the Manchester clubs in money or fees these days.
Chelsea are clearly on the down as well.
Massive uncertainty over Conte. He won't be manager beyond the summer, for sure
I also wouldn't ever write off a giant from winning the champions league. Not after Liverpool and Chelsea's wins.
Cups are not always about the best team.
No YouTube highlights? Poor show guys.
Chelsea have just signed teenage prodigy Ross Barkley. They don't need Sanchez.
Ronaldo did alright didn't he? A bit of ego in the right place never hurt anyone. My response to any players who complain about him being selfish or scoring goals would be "Get good and you won't have to worry about Sanchez".
We can win the league this year.
They might already have one if we give them cash and Mkhi ?First of all, some people already talking of him as if he's signed need to seriously calm the heck down
There's a long way to go, Arsenal would have to get a replacement first, which could take until the end of Jan, even if we were at the head of the queue.
However, when things from nowhere seem to start escalating from nowhere, as seen with Van Persie and Lukaku, you do really wonder.
It'd be an incredible signing, and would give us that top class peak age player we're missing right nowl.
The idea of adding Sanchez now, and Ozil in the summer, is just pure championship manager
You can but City will be heavy favorites again. I doubt you're going to add Ozil. I think it'll be one off Sanchez or Ozil if someone else doesn't get them. If Jose leaves this summer its not going to be easy for the next man either.
My point was I am surprised Chelsea are not in for either of them.
Fair enough mate, good post and I can see your point as well.
Whats happening
We might finish 30 points off in the league and play the least aesthetically pleasing football in the competition of the 16 teams left, but I wouldn't rule out a team of De Gea, 7 defenders (or maybe more accurately 6 and either Herrera or Lingard running around annoying people), Pogba, Sanchez and either Lukaku or Martial winning the CL playing exclusively on the break.
Mkhi is not a replacement for Sanchez. We already have too many underwhelming midfielders.
I thought van Persie physically didn’t look weathered until his third season at the club. And didn’t he have surgery or delay surgery that World Cup year? I seem to recall an injury of some sort.
Dude have you ever watched a Jose presser or? Clearly not.And he indirectly responded about players/transfers in general as he wasn’t willing to talk about another teams player.
That’s like me saying he was directly asked about Sanchez and replied by saying United won’t sign him in the January window as who else was he talking about? See, 2 can play that game
Maybe but I think it’s just José being José (not a yes nor a no) and nothing else
We won't sign him. I think we are interested, like every club probably is and on the off chance ask if he is willing to come - we are in the media more because, well, it's us and the rivalry. I think he still prefers City and that he'd only come if City completely pull out and don't want him in the summer either
Do people think he might be losing a step? I don't know if it's just returning from the injury, but lately, watching Arsenal, I feel like he might have just lost a little bit of quickness, compared to Ozil, who seems physically in his prime.
No it wouldn't. I'd say that City are still the overwhelming favourites to sign him. I would go the other way and say that if we sign him it would be a major coupe getting him from under City's noses. Add in Lukaku choosing us over Chelsea and we would really be back.
If we don't get him then I always expected him to go to City anyway. Bring in Ozil in the summer.
Buy Malcom or Lemar and stop penny pinching
No. I think he's just playing half arsed.
I don't watch Arsenal play.
That's because he is sulking all season so far.
That would be an amazing deal all round. But swap deals happen so infrequently, almost never, so I couldn't see that at all.
The last one I can remember was Gallas and Cole?
This is RVP all over again. Sign him, get a couple of excellent additions in the summer and we will have a good chance of challenging City next season. I am hoping we wouldn't use him in a 4-2-3-1 through the middle, mainly because I still think Pogba is the guy to build the team around and therefore 4-3-3 with Pogba on the left is the way to go. Sanchez should be bought for the right wing with the license to roam around and do his thing, while Martial owns the left wing. Buy a midfielder next to Matic and Pogba and we are almost set.
One can dream...
One can dream...
Exactly the thought I was having as I was reading through this thread.
The Pep nuthugging and United/ Mou hating is beyond comprehension.
Obviously, but that wasn't the point I made. I made my post to the point about Mkhi being a replacement to Sanchez. He is not.
Am okay with being called money or whatever people want to label it. It was cheaping out of deals towards the end of SAF's tenure that made us fall behind City/Chelsea in terms of talent. Time to rectify that
Don't get me wrong, obviously i'm a massively biased United fan, so of course i'd see it our way.
But, when these stories come out of the blue and build, they often happen. We saw that with Van Persie and Lukaku.
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