Now SAF has gone, it does feel as though an Arsenal->United transfer shouldn't be any harder than an Arsenal->City transfer. From the newspaper gossip though, Arsenal don't seem to agree. I guess the RVP transfer really stung.
Alexis Sanchez | Staying at Arsenal after City deal falls apart
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Now SAF has gone, it does feel as though an Arsenal->United transfer shouldn't be any harder than an Arsenal->City transfer. From the newspaper gossip though, Arsenal don't seem to agree. I guess the RVP transfer really stung.
Got a funny feeling this could be our marquee target for the summer with Griezmann a no go. Wouldn't be surprised like Lukaku and brief and a bid come out of nowhere.
Great age, great value and would give us exactly what Griezmann would offer with more tenacity.
Great age, great value and would give us exactly what Griezmann would offer with more tenacity.
Two words, Jose Mourinho.
Come on chaps this aint happening in a million years.
He's 28 and people here are obsessed with ages like with Perisic
Sanchez and Fabinho and we win the title.
An old Perisic is not the same as and old Sanchez is not the same as an older Ronaldo.
Depends on the pensioner.
This would be unbelievable. But objectively, there are many reasons why this could go through (CL qualification, JM, richest club in the world). And Wenger being unhappy is not going to stop this transfer if Sanchez pushes for it. Wenger is so obsessed with keeping finances balanced that there will come a point when losing an unmotivated Sanchez for nothing is no longer financially sensible, even to him.
Perhaps, but we'll get neither unfortunately.
yeah if it meant we would have no chance to get them, thats one thing, but we are simply not interested in them. It hurts
Perisic- "he is 29, too old, doesn't make sense"
Alexis- "he is 29, great age, we must sign him"
But newertheless, i would go for him. He is a man who makes a difference. With him, we would be favourite for PL.
Now back in reality; we have zero chances. I doubt that we even tried to sign him.
Btw, what robson said?
Alexis- "he is 29, great age, we must sign him"
But newertheless, i would go for him. He is a man who makes a difference. With him, we would be favourite for PL.
Now back in reality; we have zero chances. I doubt that we even tried to sign him.
Btw, what robson said?
no......im jus stating that that jose picks lingard....You think Jose picks Lingard over Sanchez?
I would be for signing sanchez, but the stupid fee given he is in the last year of his contract would be a stumbling block for me
Paying anything more than 25-30 for Perisic is criminal for me
90 million? Fecking hell the footballing world has gone mad.
Now Sanchez is a top drawer player, but he is 29 and only had one stellar season in the premier league in a poor team. He didn't cut it at Barca.
He is in the last year of his contract - no way should we pay 90 million. Rather go get Bale or O.Dembele if we are paying 90mil mark
This is not on ordinary player. You're probably talking about one of the top 10 players in the world (or a similar level, I think he's top 10 tbh). He's not that young anymore anyway so Martial can always take his place in the future. I'm sure he'd still get game time. Honestly, turning down a world class player because he threatens Martial's development is a luxury argument we aren't in a position to have. If we were Bayern or Juve that would be different but when a player of that level is available you get him. By this same logic we wouldn't have bought van Persie because he threatened Welbeck's development. It's simply not realistic to believe Martial would offer the same things that Sanchez would this season if we signed him.
The only real issue is will Arsenal want to sell him to City before us or would they just take the highest offer, also whether Sanchez has a preference between the 2 clubs and would he be prepared to fight to join one club over another. I'm not going to get too excited over a potential deal but it has seemed crazy to me that we haven't been linked to Sanchez all summer. I'm hoping there'll be some media buzz about him potentially joining Utd in the next week. If he joins City there's no doubt they will be much stronger for it.
I know, but he is an ambassador and is probably privy to quite a lot of the gossip around Old Trafford - IIRC he also spoke glowingly of Pogba before he signed.
I think Arsenal would want to sell to the highest bidder, but I'm not sure whether we have the funds to match City after the Lukaku transfer. Sanchez would also likely prefer a reunion with Pep. Maybe we've been briefed that City is his preferred destination and that's why we're not in for him.
What those people really should say is;
Perisic - "who's he? I've never heard of him, why do we need another Lingard?"
Sanchez - "he's an amazing player who excels in the league every year. he's a leader, he has drive and motivation and is the heart of both Arsenal and Chile. Lets sign him".
Age shouldn't really come into it.
Or maybe the first we know is "Fee agreed" like Lukaku.
Quite possible, though I do think we have the funds. I could see the rest being true though
There was quite a lot of noise regarding Lukaku though, especially earlier on. Koeman's April rant and lots of stories around that time. It had just gone quiet recently because of the Morata negotiations. Whereas I haven't heard anything linking us to Sanchez from the very beginning. It would really be a rabbit out of the hat if it happens.
The only reason I wonder about the money is because we didn't trigger Griezmann's release clause. Unless it was really down to Griezmann deciding he'd rather stay because of the transfer ban.
Sanchez ticks all the boxes for what we need for our attack though:
1. A goal scorer in the league who can play from wide or through the middle, depending on our formation
2. A hard worker which Jose likes.
3. Can cover for Lukaku in case of injury
4. At his age, he has the experience in both club and international football to help our young forward line (our recognised strikers are 24, 21 and 20 years old)
Maybe we can send them Smalling in return - weren't they interested a year ago?
1. A goal scorer in the league who can play from wide or through the middle, depending on our formation
2. A hard worker which Jose likes.
3. Can cover for Lukaku in case of injury
4. At his age, he has the experience in both club and international football to help our young forward line (our recognised strikers are 24, 21 and 20 years old)
Maybe we can send them Smalling in return - weren't they interested a year ago?
They're both 28.
I genuinely think Griezmann himself was the only reason he's not already here. I'm pretty sure we intended to get both Griezmann and Lukaku so we had the money. Griezmann decided to stay because of Atletico's ban imo
You guys and City are the only two clubs with seemingly unlimited funds. Like one poster mentioned. If he's moving to City then you should at least slap a £100m bid down so City have to at least match it.
If you end up getting Sanchez then you end up with a player who won't stop til the final whistle. He's the type of player to get you a goal from nowhere when you're losing or drawing. If he wasn't scoring for us he was opening defences and creating chances.
No doubt the rest of your attacking talent would thrive with Sanchez. I'd be happy with a £80m bid + Martial
If you end up getting Sanchez then you end up with a player who won't stop til the final whistle. He's the type of player to get you a goal from nowhere when you're losing or drawing. If he wasn't scoring for us he was opening defences and creating chances.
No doubt the rest of your attacking talent would thrive with Sanchez. I'd be happy with a £80m bid + Martial
You guys and City are the only two clubs with seemingly unlimited funds. Like one poster mentioned. If he's moving to City then you should at least slap a £100m bid down so City have to at least match it.
If you end up getting Sanchez then you end up with a player who won't stop til the final whistle. He's the type of player to get you a goal from nowhere when you're losing or drawing. If he wasn't scoring for us he was opening defences and creating chances.
No doubt the rest of your attacking talent would thrive with Sanchez. I'd be happy with a £80m bid + Martial
Stop dreaming about Martial
You kiddin? Wenger detests Jose
Didn't Smalling say he'll only move to a Champions League team
?If that's true it's genuinely frustrating. Sanchez would definitely be the class of player that could compensate for missing out (or even make us grateful!).
If Guardiola goes after Spurs fullbacks carrying the Levy tax, he won't go for Alexis. In any case, if the asking fee is 90 mil, I don't think City will even pay that much since they are already well-stocked in attack.
Though the 90 mil figure was first mentioned by Miguel Delaney in an article, I believe, in which case its' more likely to be 10 mil. That guy is a grade A bullshitter, even wrote an article on James to United a day before his Bayern move was announced. He's getting it on twitter now.
Regarding Sanchez, I am hoping the City links are like the Lukaku-Chelsea articles and we are working on something totally under the radar, which is quite possible considering Arsenal is a direct rival. There is no way that Mourinho would not have placed Sanchez's name right at the top of the famous list if he'd known about his availability. Spoke with Keane, snubbed him for Lindelof, spoke with Morata, snubbed him for Lukaku, spoke with Perisic for....Sanchez?
Though the 90 mil figure was first mentioned by Miguel Delaney in an article, I believe, in which case its' more likely to be 10 mil. That guy is a grade A bullshitter, even wrote an article on James to United a day before his Bayern move was announced. He's getting it on twitter now.
Regarding Sanchez, I am hoping the City links are like the Lukaku-Chelsea articles and we are working on something totally under the radar, which is quite possible considering Arsenal is a direct rival. There is no way that Mourinho would not have placed Sanchez's name right at the top of the famous list if he'd known about his availability. Spoke with Keane, snubbed him for Lindelof, spoke with Morata, snubbed him for Lukaku, spoke with Perisic for....Sanchez?
B-but he was meant..no destined to be our next Henry!!Stop dreaming about Martial
From your Point Of View perhaps but I'm sure attacking dynamic attackers like Sane & B. Silva dont feel the same
Tbf Arsenal finished above you but you won the league cup, you then one the Europa and they won the FA Cup which when you look at the runs for both teams they had the harder achievement, so not really much in it plus their style is much better.
City I agree though but think that is likely to change this year.
If we did not have to cope with those major injuries with the sheer amount of matches that we had, I am sure that we would have finished above Arsenal in the league. It was crazy times - our CBs were all injured, while we lost our main goalscorer for 3 months. Trying asking Arsenal to lose Sanchez from February onwards and see what would have happened.
That said, this is the reason why we should be looking to get in more quality in attack. I think we only wanted Griezmann at first, but Zlatan's injury forced us to add another name on that list, which was Lukaku. Now that Griezmann is staying, we need those goals from someone. Hence, I was hoping that we were still in for Morata, but then again, getting Sanchez to fill our no.7 jersey in what is likely is his last major transfer would be perfect.
Arsene has no leverage in Alexis's future. If we submit a strong bid and we definitely should, he'll join us. We have CL football to offer now.
City?
Including Martial in a transfer could maybe tempt Wenger.
I love Martial, but not sure Mourinho does.
I love Martial, but not sure Mourinho does.
He doesn't fit at City unless they get rid of Aguero. Chelsea is unstable at the moment. He fits us perfectly now. Why not us?
Yes and when Martial goes on to be world class for Arsenal for years, the same people will be complaining.
How short-sighted can one be?
How short-sighted can one be?
I'd argue he gets into our first XI a bit easier than he would at City - they are very strong in the positions he would play in.
It's no point entertaining that thought.
What is his best position? Left of a front 3?
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