January Transfer Window 2017/18

Kenai · 12 Jan 2018 at 18:02

Azza said:
#WelcomeTheo

Then you remember he's 29 and we'll pay £20m for him. Great work Walsh you fraud.

Don't panic, Les Reed says he's confident Saints will get his signature. Just like he was confident Koeman wouldn't leave for Everton. And that we'd sign Alderweireld.

BaZ87 · 12 Jan 2018 at 18:18

Andybtsn said:
City maybe envisaged Jesus being out longer and now hes reported to be back by the end of the month.

Yep, the closer to Jesus being back the less City need him. Sanchez isn't going to change the outcome of the league but he would allow Pep an extra pair of legs to rest the likes of Aguero which is why I thought City would have moved for him straight away once Jesus got injured. City play 8 times this month and you'd have thought Pep wouldn't want to run Aguero into the ground just before the CL starts up again. The fact that they haven't done the deal yet makes you think their stance on his value isn't going to change in the next 2 weeks or so.

MissChief said:
I do wonder where Sanchez will play because he does a similar role to KDB and he's unlikely to take the place of Sterling, Aguero or Jesus. He may find himself on the bench more than he does at Arsenal and may not like it. At Arsenal he's almost guaranteed to start every match he's fit.

There's enough games and he's capable of playing in enough positions to mean that he'll play more than enough.

sigma · 12 Jan 2018 at 18:22

If he's not driven by maximizing money he'd be stupid to chose Jose over Pep. If that's realistically what he's choosing between.

jonneymendoza · 12 Jan 2018 at 18:28

Sanchez ain't going nowhere until the end of the season I predict

jonneymendoza · 12 Jan 2018 at 18:29

Pigeon_Killer said:
I'd say he gets in ahead of Sane and Sterling but given the amount of competitions they're currently involved in, and probably will be each year, they'll need a bigger squad to be able to rotate their players.

His Miles better then those two.

BaZ87 · 12 Jan 2018 at 18:38

jonneymendoza said:
Sanchez ain't going nowhere until the end of the season I predict

So he is going somewhere?

Robbo · 12 Jan 2018 at 19:01

Mourinho on Sanchez:

When asked if Sanchez is a player United want this month, the Portuguese said: "I don't think it is ethical or correct to be speaking about players of other clubs.

"If somebody speaks about one of my players, to say we are interested or not I wouldn't be very happy.

"Sanchez is an Arsenal player. I don't know but probably this weekend he is going to wear Arsenal colours. I don't think it is correct to say things about Alexis Sanchez.

"At a general level, what I can say is that myself and the Manchester United board, we do not believe a lot in the January market. We don't believe in signing a player just to do something.

"What we believe is there are some players in the football world where, if you have a chance to sign them, whether it is in January, March or July, then you have to try.

"In relation to Sanchez all I can say, which everyone else says, is that he is a phenomenal player. I feel I shouldn't say much more than this."

This at least means he's interested, IMO.

City are saying they're prepared to miss out, as per the article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42668562

As people have mentioned, due to his age and City's current attacking lineup, he'd get in the team for sure but players like Sane, Jesus and Sterling should all get better and not worse over the next few seasons.

explicit4u · 12 Jan 2018 at 19:09

It would be the most arsenal thing in the world to let this transfer fall through for an extra £10mil or so, only to have him leave for a free in the summer.

Yas786 · 12 Jan 2018 at 19:22

Meh we are going to lose him either way so if we can get some money for him great. But I reckon he will leave for free in the summer to City, I can’t see him choosing Utd over City in any way, shape or form.

RVP was different as he wanted to go to Utd, Sanchez so far has kept quiet about where he wants to go. But I reckon he will join Pep next season and not Mourinho

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jonneymendoza · 12 Jan 2018 at 19:57

Remember barley went for 15m and Sanchez is far better than him so 40m for Sanchez is fair

Alex h · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:13

jonneymendoza said:
Remember barley went for 15m and Sanchez is far better than him so 40m for Sanchez is fair

Fair or not isn't it better to have 20 to 25 mill than nothing at all

jonneymendoza · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:15

alex h said:
Fair or not isn't it better to have 20 to 25 mill than nothing at all

Not really if it helps us get top 4 keeping him

physichull · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:38

Coutinho for £142M and Sanchez for £35M??? Doesn't make sense.

jonneymendoza · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:42

physichull said:
Coutinho for £142M and Sanchez for £35M??? Doesn't make sense.

Exactly

MissChief · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:45

jonneymendoza said:
Exactly

The difference between a 4 1/2 year contract and a 6 month contract.

Alex h · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:46

physichull said:
Coutinho for £142M and Sanchez for £35M??? Doesn't make sense.

Coutinho wasn't at end of contract though I agree that Sanchez is worth more than that but it's arsenals bad management that's made it like that

jonneymendoza · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:46

MissChief said:
The difference between a 4 1/2 year contract and a 6 month contract.

But ability wise Sanchez is a lot better. Asking for 50m is justified

Alex h · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:53

jonneymendoza said:
But ability wise Sanchez is a lot better. Asking for 50m is justified

Asking and getting is to different things so you get nothing for him and you don't get top 4 it makes it even less sense to keep him if you get top 4 then not as bad but it's a big gamble

MissChief · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:53

jonneymendoza said:
But ability wise Sanchez is a lot better. Asking for 50m is justified

I think Arsenal's demands are fair tbh. They' r keep him than strengthen a team that they, some how, consider a rival.

jonneymendoza · 12 Jan 2018 at 20:57

alex h said:
Asking and getting is to different things so you get nothing for him and you don't get top 4 it makes it even less sense to keep him if you get top 4 then not as bad but it's a big gamble

20m is more or less nothing. Barely gets you a 16 year old for that price so yea 20m and 0 is not a huge difference especially how arsenal ain't strapped for cash