I don't get why its worse to sell to us than City or Chelsea? The Jose factor shouldn't come into play. Give them 70+ million and they'll take it.
Alexis Sanchez | Staying at Arsenal after City deal falls apart
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It does, there would be riots if they sold their best player to a Mourinho Man United side.
Sure but at the end of the day Arsenal is a business. Why risk a valuable asset leave for nothing for pride's sake?
Also think it is about the wish of the player. Sanchez obviously see Baldie's Citeh as the best option for trophies short-term now that he is at the business end of his career.
Also we shouldn't underestimate the pull that Baldie got for certain players, he is still very much living off his Barca days, and as we've seen with certain fans on here he has accumulated a weird cult following.
Pay whatever it takes. Who cares if it's £70m, just throw our hat into the ring at least.
Pointless if his representatives have said he wants to join City.
Apparently he only started 25 games last year, don't be that guy
Isnt that what Lukaku said as well, that he wanted to join another team?
Why do people say there will be riots like they haven't sold Cole, Toure, Adebayor, Gallas, Nasri, Clichy, van Persie and Sagna to Premier League rivals in the past? The Arsenal fans would have their tantrum and then start jizzing when Lacazette bangs a few in at home to Brighton. Wenger is clearly happy to sell to rivals and has once again fecked up by having a player who wants out in the last year of his contract. He obviously won't want him to go for free so if Sanchez asks for transfer he has to sell him to anyone who has the £££.
Unfortunatley I only see him going to City in the PL.
Unfortunatley I only see him going to City in the PL.
Barring Van Persie, none of those players are proper match winners and none of them will be the difference maker in the other team.
Don't want to reek of desperation ala Chelsea and lukaku, if he wants to play for City. Would love him at United but don't think it would ever happen.
The man is one of very few players in the world who'd live up to the number 7
Is there any murmurs of Sanchez moving to United or are we just wishing to the stars at this point?
I hope the club have, or are going to, at least test Arsenal's will to keep hold of Sanchez. Fair play, they don't want him to go to City. Bayern probably haven't got room for him now they have James. Juventus just signed Douglas Costa. Possibly he only really has PSG left that could both afford him and want him, other than ourselves. I'd say try throwing £60-70m at Arsenal just to see what they say.
Think its the latter.
Like Fabinho, this one makes too much sense yet we haven't even been linked really.
But if they reject 60-70m offer from City, then why would they accept ours?
This man will literally win us the league. We should do everything we can to sign him! I don't get why we aren't linked to him at all. He fits all the qualities of a Mourinho's player and he is a match winner ala Suarez/Aguero/Hazard/RVP in SAF last season. As clinical as Lukaku is, I don't see him taking the game by the scruff of the neck and bang in goals. Who do we have who can do this now that Zlatan has left? None! This is why I was so disappointed when Griezmann isn't coming to us this season.
Find it amusing how people can ask themselves why we're not in for him, most likely both us and Chelsea have sounded him out about joining, but as it appears he has preferences for City and Baldie.
Not like a player like Sanchez just fails to gather attention from us or we're unaware about him, if we had indication he wanted to join we would pounce and offer what Arsenal wanted.
Not like a player like Sanchez just fails to gather attention from us or we're unaware about him, if we had indication he wanted to join we would pounce and offer what Arsenal wanted.
Outside of us and Bayern, who actually needs him and has the financial muscle for the move?
City is stocked. Chelsea are balanced as is.
City is stocked. Chelsea are balanced as is.
That hasnt stopped him from saying he wants to go there.
Yeah because Pep decided from January onwards he preferred Jesus and benched the lad, nothing to do with injuries. It was only an injury to Jesus that got Aguero back in the side again. Don't twist the stats to fit the message (don't be that guy).
Edit: If I remember correctly he was also suspended for 7 games for two red cards for violent conduct.
I'm failing to see how this is helping the defence of him keeping Sanchez out the team
Did he say that or just profess admiration for Pep? And was that recent? I'm just reading headlines here and there trying not to get too sucked in here
Not saying they would, but we aren't City, and we can probably offer more than City. If we register interest, and can offer beyond £70m, they might start to soften their stance. It's worth a shot anyways, and I would hope that we at least try.
No they wouldn't. Selling Sanchez to us is a genuine sackable offence; the last time they sold us a player of that calibre we won the league. He would genuinely be an x factor player for us. Add the Mourinho factor to that and its just impossible. The only way I'd say we get him is if he runs out his contract and makes a deal with us in January to join us next season, because then there's nothing Arsenal could do.
Put yourself in the shoes of an Arsenal fan; would you put up with selling your best player to your biggest rival who has a talismanic-shaped hole in their squad? Wouldn't you want the executive who did that ousted, and the manager who sanctioned it sacked?
How is it any different selling to City? Arent they title contenders as well? If you're not selling to one rival, then you shouldnt sell to another.
Cos Wenger isn't daft.
Sanchez can have a pre-contract agreement with another club as early as December/January and will walk free next summer if Wenger doesn't cash out now.
This is the same as the RVP contract. If Arsenal reject the £60m/£70m offer from City, United are the only club left that can offer a higher bid. If we add Sanchez to that attack, we woudl surely challenge for the title.
I dont think you understood my point. I was suggesting if they reject the 60-70m from City, why would they accept the same 60-70m from us?
And what are they going to do? Arsenal fans are always pissed and they've wanted Wenger out for years now (and then changed their minds about 100 times throughout the season) and they absolutely hate the board. If Sanchez was sold they'd cry about it just like they did for van Persie but ultimately it won't have any impact on the board or Wenger. Arsenal have put themselves in this position by allowing yet another world class player to run their contract down to just one year. They have no leverage and only themselves to blame. Sanchez will choose wherever he wants to be next season and the Arsenal fans won't factor in one iota.
I don't think they want to sell to City either, or to any title rival; unfortunately for them Bayern dropped out, while Juventus and Paris have shown little interest. The only clubs who are interested/can afford him are English. And given he only has a year left on his contract, they may have to sell him if they can't reach a deal. Selling to City would be bad, but selling to us would be worse. The Mourinho/Wenger relationship, plus the Van Persie spectre, it's just too much of a bitter pill for fans, and probably also Wenger, to swallow. Plus, as I was indicating before, Sanchez would probably improve us more than he would improve City, who already have more attacking talent than we do.
They really dont have a choice. Sanchez has made up his mind he wants to leave. Its a case of Arsenal wanting to make 60-70m this summer and lose him or force him to stay and lose him on a free next summer. Either way they aint winning the league.
It is a fair point that fans can't really do anything, but pressure from fans can seriously affect results and team morale (as we saw last season). It reached dangerous levels last season, and this sale would make it worse. To start the season with that much bad faith between the manager and the fans sets you back a long way.
My overall point is basically that Arsenal, by circumstance, will probably be forced to sell Sanchez to a premier league club in order to get any money for him. And if they have an option to sell him to anyone other than us, I believe they will.
Oh, that?
Well perhaps because City are a bigger threat to Arsenal than us(as things stand).
I think it would be us dont you think? City are comfortably looking to be in the top 3. Us, on the other hand, have been closer to Arsenal over these past few years. So IF we are fighting for the 4th spot, it might be with Pool and Arse. So short term we are a bigger threat to their Champions League than City.
The problem with that is Sanchez won't be pressured into going anywhere he doesn't want to. Wenger might want him to go to PSG but if he wants to go to City he'll go to City, if he wants to go to United he'll go to United. If he's happy enough to stay at Arsenal as long as he gets a big wage rise, he'll sign a new contract and stay at Arsenal. As mentioned, tensions between the fans and manager isn't ideal by any means but the reality is there's nothing they can do about it and they won't let him leave next season on a free.
He most definitely wont. He can make easily make twice of what he is making at Arsenal if he moves to either one of the Manchester clubs plus he has clearly stated he wants to play Champions League next season which clearly Arsenal cannot offer him. Arsenal wont break their pay structure too much to offer him 300K per week.
I agree. I don't see any chance of him staying I just pointed that out as an option to show that ultimately the decision lies with Sanchez and not the club.
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