Shhhhhht... Let the sleeping dogs lie.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik @Rood and Imran @Annihilate Now! start with the good news by celebrating Manchester United Women's emphatic FA Cup win over Spurs at Wembley and the future of manager Marc Skinner.
Then it's the bad news and the ever worsening form of our Men with losses to Arsenal and Palace.
Finally the main debate - ETH Out now or keep him until the end of the season - if not longer. Are you Team Nik or Team Imran?
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United best price is now evens. Can now get 2/1 on him joining City again.
Exactly. It's better to pay top dollars to our world class players and to be world class players like martial than paying insane money to average players like fellaini /Young/Mkhi
I suppose you could look at it that way. He’s got 2-4 years left at the top (allowing for injuries etc) so if he wants a guaranteed PL medal the City is the way to go. If he wants to really earn it then maybe a move to United would be better.
I don’t think it’s really something as important as people make out. Pep didn’t turn Sanchez into the player he is today.
I could see the appeal in that he is a successful manager but so is José.
I think the more scary thing was reading this:
Admitting for the first time that Sanchez’s departure is inevitable, whether this month or in the summer, Wenger sounded more positive about his two other stars with six months left. He claimed he is increasingly optimistic of reaching a deal with Ozil, if they can agree a salary, and also wants to tie down the fit-again Jack Wilshere to the club.If Ozil and Wilshere can be secured then Wenger hopes that “the rebuild will be less deep”, and it will not be so hard to launch the club’s 2018-19 Premier League challenge, a job that Wenger is already relishing.
For months Wenger has been insisting that Sanchez is open to staying, or could be persuaded to, but on Friday morning he admitted for the first time that will not be happen. “It looks like Sanchez will not extend his contract,” Wenger admitted. Which means he will either be sold to Manchester City or perhaps Manchester United this month, or go for nothing in the summer.
Admitting for the first time that Sanchez’s departure is inevitable, whether this month or in the summer, Wenger sounded more positive about his two other stars with six months left. He claimed he is increasingly optimistic of reaching a deal with Ozil, if they can agree a salary, and also wants to tie down the fit-again Jack Wilshere to the club.If Ozil and Wilshere can be secured then Wenger hopes that “the rebuild will be less deep”, and it will not be so hard to launch the club’s 2018-19 Premier League challenge, a job that Wenger is already relishing.
For months Wenger has been insisting that Sanchez is open to staying, or could be persuaded to, but on Friday morning he admitted for the first time that will not be happen. “It looks like Sanchez will not extend his contract,” Wenger admitted. Which means he will either be sold to Manchester City or perhaps Manchester United this month, or go for nothing in the summer.
How do you know he does not want to come to united?
Stop believing all the media driven agenda,I have not seen one quote where he said he didn't want to join united and only wanted to play for pep.
He is a class player that would strengthen our team and make it better,is that not what we want as fans?
He's asking for £400k per week.
Never understood odds, going by what you said, who's favourites?
He works for the MEN who desperately need to monetise their City/United content because they're, at the end of the day, a regional paper.
He also works, and has worked, at said regional paper for years which probably tells you what you need to know about his sources and credibility in the industry.
That's pricey . But imagine him and Pogba linking up 
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.It’s sarcasm....you obviously haven’t been keeping
Up have you? Go check Ballbags tweets or Gary’s.
Where did you read that? Until yesterday most reports were that he has agreed to a salary of 250k/week at City along with a hefty signing bonus. The only variable was the bonus money based on if he joins now or in the summer.
They will sell him for sure if they get something like 30M. He's not worth of 30M only 6 months left his contract. How much team earn if they qualify to CL? Do they even get that 30M? Of course there is clauses with sponsors but i would say, even if Sanchez stays, they don't have more than 25-30% chance to get top4. In a long run it's better deal to take that 30M and let him go.
e. It's all about wages and City or United. He will move this january.
e. It's all about wages and City or United. He will move this january.
That is pretty hefty, not good for our wage structure.
you know that's ducktales right? his agent quoted that to psg and bayern so they could leave him alone, he wasn't going to any of those clubs
United would put him front and centre of every add campaign as (along with Pogba) the superstar of the team.
With United's global reach and fan base, he wouldn't just be a global footballer, but a global superstar too. He’d have endorsement deals coming out of his ears.
Then Di Marzio began all this madness when he said you came in and offered him more(btw, £310/365k a week with the signing bonus) and now he no longer has an agreement with city, but is close to having one with united
Thank you....
That won't be true, he'll be getting offered around half that I suspect.
Don’t think it’s that much when you factor in that it’s not actually united who will be forking that out of pocket for him. I’m sure the deal will somehow involve his image rights and a cut of that. His rights are probably worth tons over in Chile. We’d probably end up paying him around £200k a week the rest being made up from his sponsorships rights. Plus, tell me there won’t be a billion people wearing “Alexis 7” on the back of their shirt next season.
Di Marzio reported those wages NET! Even if they were gross, if he achieved the full 30m bonus the effective wage would be about 400k a week, down to 325k a week if he only got the £15m bonus, over a 4 year contract, it could even be a 3 year contract! Either way it is fair to say that his wage aspirations are £400K+ per week. This is the reason Bayern and PSG pulled out of the running, that he rejected them because he wants to play for Pep is total BS IMO.
Haven't really been keeping up. Gary Neville tweeted something?
The ballad of ballbag
Ballague is always at it. Anything he says comes with a sackful of salt.
Nobody would ever say something like that in the press. He wants to win a title you would guess and has been agitating for a move to city for a long time to win a title. I'm not really taking much of that from the media, I don't even live in the uk
No surprise really. Wenger will never leave before a contract is finished.I think the more scary thing was reading this:
Admitting for the first time that Sanchez’s departure is inevitable, whether this month or in the summer, Wenger sounded more positive about his two other stars with six months left. He claimed he is increasingly optimistic of reaching a deal with Ozil, if they can agree a salary, and also wants to tie down the fit-again Jack Wilshere to the club.If Ozil and Wilshere can be secured then Wenger hopes that “the rebuild will be less deep”, and it will not be so hard to launch the club’s 2018-19 Premier League challenge, a job that Wenger is already relishing.
For months Wenger has been insisting that Sanchez is open to staying, or could be persuaded to, but on Friday morning he admitted for the first time that will not be happen. “It looks like Sanchez will not extend his contract,” Wenger admitted. Which means he will either be sold to Manchester City or perhaps Manchester United this month, or go for nothing in the summer.
why would we care about weakening arsenal, the top 4 race? He is leaving arsenal either way. I see the point about weakening city but if we pay him enormous wages and he starts to want to leave if it becomes clear we aren't going to win the title this time next year then we have blocked the transfer of a young hungry player. Just would prefer us to spend the money on someone new and exciting like dybala not just someone old hat to try get one over on city.
If Sanchez stays at Arsenal until the summer I think that a) that shows how we no longer have the pulling power and nous as a club to attract the top players in the World, and b) he'll end up at PSG because he really is all about money
same. Used to watch Ronaldinho for PSG on Eurosport. I remember thinking after one game that we have to get him and I looked on Teletext an hour later and there it was, a story saying we want him. Think me and my brother literally danced around the living room. Him moving to Barca still hurts now, it would have meant the world to see him at Old Trafford playing for us.The pain is still there now
Good old Ceefax was the one
The pain is still there now
B contradicts A.
Glad I wasn't the only one destroyed by that failed transfer saga.
The pain is still there now
That's not too bad, is it? A player of his quality in today's market would command a fee of £80m-£90m with 2 years remaining on his contract and £60m-£70m with a year left. Ross fecking Barkley went for £15m + £7.5m agent fees as reported. If we pay Arsenal a transfer fee of £25m-£30m plus a £15m-£20m signing bonus to Sanchez, that's shouldn't raise too many eyebrows. A £15.6m signing bonus spread over a 3 year contract + £250k/wk effectively makes it £350k/wk. He deserves that for the risk he has taken running down his contract. He could have had a career ending injury and lost on everything.
I'd definitely take it to the bank right now. Whether we're weakened after losing both Alexis/Ozil and these being our only replacements is another matter ofcourse.
No pulling power?
United have signed Pogba/Falcao/Di Maria/Martial/Lukaku/Zlatan in the last 3 years and would have sign Griezmann last summer if wasn't for Atletico's transfer ban.Some of those signings failed, but on paper they was regarded as some of the best players in the world in their area of expertise.
I think this shows United can secure any player in the world, more so than Sir Alex's later years where we snooped through bargain baskets every window.
Tonight you mean? No chance.
I think we will be paying him a £30m bouns. City only want to pay him £15m if he joins this month as he they will have to pay Arsenal something.
I'm sure that Mansour will find that extra £15m down the back of the sofa if that's what it's down to. Pretty sure he'll either go to City this month or in the summer.
Source?
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