Yeah, the price is going up with every article, definite pinch of salt needed. The tone of these articles has a strong whiff of ABU.
I have no doubt it'll be massively expensive but this sort of thing for a 29 year old? Seriously doubt it.
January Transfer Window 2017/18
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Yeah, the price is going up with every article, definite pinch of salt needed. The tone of these articles has a strong whiff of ABU.
I have no doubt it'll be massively expensive but this sort of thing for a 29 year old? Seriously doubt it.
It's worth pointing out at this point that the £500k a week stuff has been fed to select City and Chelsea media mouthpieces in order to cause trouble. Matt Law (Mr Chelsea) who wrote the main article doing the rounds is horrendously biased as well.
That said, I'm sure the deal will still be very expensive, but they are pulling figures out of thin air at the moment. We need Duncan Castles to offer some balance, Sanchez is signing for £20 a week and a lifetime supply of Monster Munch.
That said, I'm sure the deal will still be very expensive, but they are pulling figures out of thin air at the moment. We need Duncan Castles to offer some balance, Sanchez is signing for £20 a week and a lifetime supply of Monster Munch.
Wenger is speaking at his press conference now:
Expect Sanchez deal concluded in the next 24 hours, it's "likely"
Mkhitaryan: "wages won't be a problem, also likely"
So hopefully we are making some progress...
And shots fired at City
“I do not want to comment on the numbers they offer to Sanchez. I respect Man United because they raise the money they pay to players with their own resources. It’s up to them how much they pay.
“United is a club very well managed financially so I don’t have any problem with what they pay.”
Expect Sanchez deal concluded in the next 24 hours, it's "likely"
Mkhitaryan: "wages won't be a problem, also likely"
So hopefully we are making some progress...
And shots fired at City
“I do not want to comment on the numbers they offer to Sanchez. I respect Man United because they raise the money they pay to players with their own resources. It’s up to them how much they pay.
“United is a club very well managed financially so I don’t have any problem with what they pay.”
Crikey, talk about being upset
Quick recap of what City won last season? Ah, right.Try this on for size: he wanted to go to City, until Man Utd came in and offered the same, then his head was turned and the rest is history.
The (apparently) real reason is not the money as such, but because his agent went back on an agreement they had in the summer, so it annoyed them. City would happily fork out the cash for him but they don't need him as much as us, the league is wrapped up. At his best he could make a difference for them in the CL, but that's always a bit random.
City's attempts to deflect the fact we've pinched him from under their noses by making out we're the enemy of football and are spending recklessly is possibly the most comical thing I've heard in ages. Hypocrisy at its finest.
City's attempts to deflect the fact we've pinched him from under their noses by making out we're the enemy of football and are spending recklessly is possibly the most comical thing I've heard in ages. Hypocrisy at its finest.
Pure rumour being pushed by rival clubs. Nobody will know the figures at the moment. £350k a week plus various bonuses is much more realistic. Still very expensive and out of reach of most clubs, but it's easily affordable for a club like ours.
How often do you see transfers described as a 'package' like this, it's pure bias in the media to paint us as the enemy of football when we're anything but.
As a more... extreme Liverpool fan I don't expect your view to change, but signing one of the best players in the league for an affordable financial package seems to make great sense to me.
People worry far too much what their clubs are spending, no well run club will risk financial turmoil over a player - I believe we have the lowest wages to revenue cost in the entire Premier League, just to put things in perspective.
We have had money being sucked out of the club for many years, I'd rather see it spent on top players without even a shred of doubt.
If City were signing him for say 10% less cost would you call that desperation? I seriously doubt it.
Are you after a holiday? All expenses paid.
Who is shouting about it? I just said City won nothing last season... because they didn't. 2 'second rate' trophies are better than none at all. But yes, they are Champions elect this season.
This is exactly what Arsenal fans should be thinking, rather than worrying about what Manchester United are going to do after signing their best player yet again.
Very good, but his confidence is fragile. Mourinho dealt with him in a very strange way which probably didn't help. There is definitely a chance he could come good and possibly even be Arsenal's best player, but he's not consistent at all.
He's been coasting through games for us, scared of getting the ball, losing it all the time, misplacing 5 yard passes, etc. On form though he's fast, good with both feet, can play anywhere in attack and is generally pretty dangerous.
I think Arsenal lack strong players on the pitch to back him up, so he'll probably end up struggling, but we'll see.
Ah, someone who is reasonable! It's not a bad deal. It's a very expensive deal with a degree of risk, like any transfer, but the risk will have been considered.
I suppose losing your best player is quite annoying, I was annoyed when Ronaldo went, but at least he went to another country. I can sympathise but lashing out with throwaway comments isn't helpful to anyone.
Zlatan will be gone in the summer (bar a miracle) so that would free up the majority of what Sanchez is getting, and we'll no doubt sign more expensive players then too.
Ah, so reasonable is defined as 'someone who agrees with me'
The per year cost is massive regardless if it's say £400k/week or £500k/week. Such a large club should be able to identify people worth going for - obviously players who aren't certain to succeed, but Sanchez isn't a guaranteed success. The thing I'd be most worried about is upsetting the dressing room - reportedly why Bayern pulled out of trying to get Sanchez last year... they thought he wanted crazy money and it'd destabilise things. I also think it opens you up to getting shafted more than normal by other players/agents/clubs... it's not as though it's this deal and only this deal that's affected by paying so much.
And I agree with you! There is an element of risk and of course it is very expensive. I think we’re always going to be expected to pay huge sums for top players so that’s of little consequence going forward. Man City will happily pay the same in most cases (whatever moral high ground they try to take) as will PSG etc. Bayern less so.
It boils down to how he performs, the biggest negative for me is his age, which means that over the next season or two he’ll likely start to decline. After that, there’s no resale value. The other concern is that we could get a Di Maria situation, but as he knows the league and country well enough that’s quite a small concern.
As for the supposed deal, it is speculation at this point, driven by the burned parties in the deal. While what the club spend is of no real relevance to me in any meaningful way, I don’t think this deal is the outrage many are so keen to portray, and it is absolutely affordable.
Say City were buying him for 10% less overall cost, would you say the same?
I think the big difference of opinion is how highly he's rated, I'd have him among the best players in the EPL yet you've got him down as 10-15th? Hazard is probably the only player I'd have ahead of him in that position.
This is the way football is going, everyone is going to have to overpay to get a 'top' player. Wages, transfer fees, bonuses etc. PSG, Man City and Real Madrid will all be in for the top players too and if you think agents aren't going to try and shaft everyone, you are dead wrong.
Yes I suppose it would be, and yes that's true. At his best Sanchez is this sort of level though, whether he will get back to that level is another matter, but clearly that's the expectation.
It would be annoying as he’s anonymous for us. I’m not going to be feeling sympathy for a load of multi-millionaires playing football.
Seems there will be no new developments today, according to Ornstein at the BBC. Arsenal still sorting out Mkhitaryan, so no debuts this weekend.
Raiola is holding everything up. He will be demanding large fees from both Man Utd and Arsenal. Everything else has been agreed by all accounts, the players are ready to move. Mkhitaryan has reportedly said his goodbyes. I thought Klopp answered the question about it well today, didn't take the bait and said what everyone else is thinking.