Manchester City offer Arsenal's Bacary Sagna three-year deal ?

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Bacary Sagna has been offered a three-year deal by Manchester City and he will consider whether to become the latest Arsenal player to move between the clubs in the summer. The 31-year-old full-back remains locked in contractual stand-off with Arsenal, the club he joined in 2007 and his current terms are set to expire in June, making him a free agent.

Arsène Wenger, the manager, has indicated a readiness to break the club's general policy of granting only one-year extensions to players in their thirties and he is extremely keen for Sagna to stay. The France international has proved his worth on many occasions this season.

There is an offer of a new two year contract at the Emirates Stadium ready for Sagna to sign but he is holding out for three. The right-back knows that City will give him what he wants, not to mention a significant increase on his £50,000-a-week salary.

The path from Arsenal to City is well trodden, with Emmanuel Adebayor, Kolo Touré, Samir Nasri and Gaël Clichy each making the move between 2009-2011. Other former Arsenal players are employed or have been employed by Manchester City, namely Patrick Vieira, Brian Kidd, Brian Marwood, David Platt and Stuart Taylor while Wenger remembers how Yaya Touré, the City midfielder, played for Arsenal in a pre-season game in 2003 when on trial at the club. His performance against Barnet, Wenger has said, was "completely average".

Sagna is embroiled in a game of brinkmanship with Arsenal and he has not ruled out staying if the club were to give him the length of contract that he wants. He is in a strong position, with interest from elsewhere in his services. Liverpool and even Tottenham Hotspur would take him on a Bosman transfer (although the latter is a non-starter on Sagna's side) while Internazionale, Paris St-Germain and Monaco are also keen.

The Inter president Erick Thohir told his club's official website about his wish to sign Sagna. "We're interested in Sagna because we need to balance the team," Thohir said.

"Right now, we only have [Yuto] Nagatomo and Jonathan [Moreira]. If one of them gets injured, you need somebody else to come in. But it Sagna decided to stay in England, we'd understand and in that case, we might bring in a young player from our academy."


http://www.theguardian.com/football...ty-offer-bacary-sagna-arsenal-three-year-deal
 
-Straight swap for Micah Richards?
-But Sagna's on a free.
-Exactly.
 
As bizarre as it sounds. Would anyone take him at United if a deal was possible? I don't necessarily think we need a right back, but we do need a competent, reliable experienced defender with all our senior players likely to leave in the summer. His versatility could be useful and mean we wouldn't need to sign three fullbacks, assuming Rafael is our only fullback - Buttner's useless. I'd be all for it, if it is possible.

Anyway, I'd say it's a strange deal given City already have Zabaleta and Richards, but they have a penchant for raiding Arsenal, so I suppose it's the norm.
 
Glanville95 said:
As bizarre as it sounds. Would anyone take him at United if a deal was possible? I don't necessarily think we need a right back, but we do need a competent, reliable experienced defender with all our senior players likely to leave in the summer. His versatility could be useful and mean we wouldn't need to sign three fullbacks, assuming Rafael is our only fullback - Buttner's useless. I'd be all for it, if it is possible.

Anyway, I'd say it's a strange deal given City already have Zabaleta and Richards, but they have a penchant for raiding Arsenal, so I suppose it's the norm.
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We already have Rafael, who will be in the first team for a long time. Even if anyone wants, getting in Sagna would not make sense for either parties involved.
 
coolredwine said:
We already have Rafael, who will be in the first team for a long time. Even if anyone wants, getting in Sagna would not make sense for either parties involved.
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We have one natural rightback, whose consistent injuries mean we have to persist with an out-of-position and uncomfortable Smalling, Jones or Valencia in that position. A possible deal wouldn't necessarily deter Rafael's game time and although it might not be ideal for Sagna himself, I would feel far more content with him deputising for Rafael than Smalling.

I haven't seen him too often at left back, so an Arsenal fan could shed some light on how he fares there consistently, but his signing could potentially mean signing a back-up left back and right back isn't a necessity. Not to mention he would offer vital experience to a team where - at this rate - Evans will be our most experienced defender next season.

I'm firmly of the opinion we need a solid, versatile experienced defender either way. That type of player could be just as important as any we bring in in the summer.
 
Glanville95 said:
We have one natural rightback, whose consistent injuries mean we have to persist with an out-of-position and uncomfortable Smalling, Jones or Valencia in that position. A possible deal wouldn't necessarily deter Rafael's game time and although it might not be ideal for Sagna himself, I would feel far more content with him deputising for Rafael than Smalling.

I haven't seen him too often at left back, so an Arsenal fan could shed some light on how he fares there consistently, but his signing could potentially mean signing a back-up left back and right back isn't a necessity. Not to mention he would offer vital experience to a team where - at this rate - Evans will be our most experienced defender next season.

I'm firmly of the opinion we need a solid, versatile experienced defender either way. That type of player could be just as important as any we bring in in the summer.
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Well, yes. But would Sagna settle for a second choice position? That too at 60-70k? Also, I am guessing we would be trying to bring in Varela in next season. So 3 RBs... naah.
 
Glanville95 said:
As bizarre as it sounds. Would anyone take him at United if a deal was possible? I don't necessarily think we need a right back, but we do need a competent, reliable experienced defender with all our senior players likely to leave in the summer. His versatility could be useful and mean we wouldn't need to sign three fullbacks, assuming Rafael is our only fullback - Buttner's useless. I'd be all for it, if it is possible.

Anyway, I'd say it's a strange deal given City already have Zabaleta and Richards, but they have a penchant for raiding Arsenal, so I suppose it's the norm.
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Sagna is also useful at left-back tbh (not to mention centre-half) so he would definitely be useful here. Very unlikely anyway, although on a free transfer, we could do a lot worse.
 
Rozay said:
Sagna is also useful at left-back tbh (not to mention centre-half) so he would definitely be useful here. Very unlikely anyway, although on a free transfer, we could do a lot worse.
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Yep, it is more or less a moot point. It's just if there is potential for a deal, we should pursue it, or at the very least enquire. We certainly need a player not to dissimilar to that of Sagna, in terms of defensive solidity, versatility and experience. What I'd give for Branislav Ivanovic.
coolredwine said:
Well, yes. But would Sagna settle for a second choice position? That too at 60-70k? Also, I am guessing we would be trying to bring in Varela in next season. So 3 RBs... naah.
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Well, we are going to lose £120k off the wage bill when Rio leaves. Not to mention Vidic and probably Evra which would equate to roughly £160k. With our defensive acquisitions this summer, I think our wage bill will actually be less among all our defenders. Sagna's wages wouldn't be detrimental in my opinion and he would still have an important role.

Anyway, it's next to impossible. I do hope Varela can make the step up though.
 
He is a player we should be looking at for sure. I have been adament that we don't need to replace Rafael but if quality like Sagna comes around on a free, you have to consider it. Having him as a 2nd option (especially with the chance of Europa) could prove to be very smart business.

Pretty sure he hates United though.
 
Over the piece he has no competition even given his recovery from 2 broken legs and him being now 31 and having lost the pace that made him head and shoulders the best RB.
 
I understand John Terry has been trying to talk Chelsea into making an offer
He feels the strength in depth is lacking and that they have not had sufficient fullback cover since the time they had Wayne Bridge
On a separate note have you seen Mrs Sagna
 
Why would City need another right back? Are they planning on moving Zabaleta to the back or something?
 
Lynk said:
Why would City need another right back? Are they planning on moving Zabaleta to the back or something?
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Defensive cover on a free, with Richards set to move on. Otherwise we'd just have one RB in the squad.
 
They might do what they do on the left side and rotate heavily between the two. Although it would be understandable if Zabaleta wouldn't be pleased with a lesser role.
 
Lynk said:
Sagna is too good to be cover.
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So are 2 of Aguero, Negredo, Dzeko and Jovetic, but that worked out fine. Rotation is key.

He'll see plenty of game time covering if he can play anywhere along the back line.
 
Sagna has had some properly bad seasons though, and some spells where he has barely looked a footballer.

I cant think of another footballer who is as up and down as him form wise off the top of my head.
 
Ducklegs said:
Sagna has had some properly bad seasons though, and some spells where he has barely looked a footballer.

I cant think of another footballer who is as up and down as him form wise off the top of my head.
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He did break his leg twice in fairness, it will take a while to get back up to scratch after that.
 
Why are Arsenal always guilty of not tying down their top players to long term contracts? More important, why are they always strengthening City?
 
NinjaZombie said:
Why are Arsenal always guilty of not tying down their top players to long term contracts? More important, why are they always strengthening City?
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Sagna is 31, most clubs only give out 1 or 2 year contracts at most when a player hits 30.
 
About to have his medical at City. They offered him £120k a week.
 
Brophs said:
Well, if you include the £25k clean sheet bonus it comes to.....£50k p/w.
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That joke would have been funny if we didn't have 17 clean sheets in the PL last season....
 
Defensive cover on £120-150k per week.

Only at City.
 
£120,000 for a bench player? At least here he will start with Rafael out for so many games a year. And Zabaleta > Sagna.
 
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