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Alexis Sanchez | Done deal

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LawCharltonBest said:
Anyone else slightly concerned?

I just wouldn't be surprised if we got an out of nowhere "United drop interest in a deal" ala Griezmann in the Summer.
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We dropped interest in Griezmann because it was impossible to get him after Atletico had their ban upheld and Griezmann didn't want to leave them hanging out to dry. Completely different scenario.

This is done. It's a matter of "when", not "if."
 

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You know how bad media has been when Klopp is defending over night. City is a god given gift to mankind , they should have all the titles and all the best players. All other clubs should feed on scraps.
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that twat can't say anything anyway since spending £75M on a done nothing defender. Why don't we add VVD's wages and signing on bonus plus his agent fees onto that and compare that to a player swap that we are doing?
 

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LawCharltonBest said:
Anyone else slightly concerned?

I just wouldn't be surprised if we got an out of nowhere "United drop interest in a deal" ala Griezmann in the Summer.
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Well we didn't drop interest in Griezmann, he chose to stay. No chance will we back out of this 1 either.
 

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Offside said:
Just been on the Pogba thread and seen that people were expecting an announcement on July 29th where the deal had been ‘close’ for days. It wasn’t announced by the club until August 7th and he didn’t join until even later than that. Suggests this one could also drag on a bit particularly as Raiola is once again involved which is probably why the Pogba saga took so long. As long as we get him eventually that’s all that matters.
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I bet it's done sometime in the next 12 days.
 

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AndyJ1985 said:
I don't even understand why this is still a thing. What does it even matter who pays more? Is it considered some sort of moral victory? If so it's the most pathetic and irrelevant victory known to man. And in this case it's not even a moral victory because City have already spent hundreds of millions in the last couple years, so it becomes an even stranger point of contention.
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They were absolutely delighted about signing Sanchez and couldn't wait for him to join. They then had the rug pulled out from under their feet. They have to try and justify their new reality i.e. that Sanchez is joining their most hated rival.

I know a guy who works for City and he told me in the summer (I posted it at the time) that Sanchez was their number one target and their priority signing that summer. This stung them.
 

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They also forked out 50 million for a defender Kyle walker
 

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LawCharltonBest said:
Anyone else slightly concerned?

I just wouldn't be surprised if we got an out of nowhere "United drop interest in a deal" ala Griezmann in the Summer.
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Nah, I think we're too far down the road for that at this stage. Unless there're any last minute complications I'm sure it's happening.
 

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/5374499/alexis-sanchez-pep-guardiola-manchester-united/

ALEXIS SANCHEZ has sacrificed everything to make this move. Morals. Principles. Trophies.

He is turning his back on Pep Guardiola, and the old school gentleman's agreement he struck with him last September, to join Manchester United instead.

What a piece of work he is.

Manchester City, working with Pep again, was supposed to be about so much more than money.

Sanchez wanted trophies, to win his first Premier League title after years of failure at Arsenal.

Arsene Wenger, the manager who signed him from Barcelona in 2014, let him down on that score. Pep did not.

City’s manager made good on his promise, coming back for Sanchez on the same terms — salary, signing-on fee and contract length — agreed between them when Arsenal originally pulled the plug on a deal.

In Pep’s eyes, a deal is a deal. Clearly, Sanchez takes a very different view, especially when somebody throws £500,000—per-week his way. He has done the dirty on City.

Pep knows, whatever he has to say publicly, that his first Premier League title is heading to the Etihad this season.

City, 12 points clear of their nearest rivals, are the big noise in English football right now.

Nothing is expected to change in the short-term.

City have the coach, the squad, the cash, the lot, to make sure they are in the hunt for the big prizes every season. Everything is in place.

The January move for Sanchez took care of the “what if” scenario, the possibility of heading into the deeper territory of the Champions League with a tiring, jaded, fading squad.

Sanchez, fresh and reinvigorated after getting away from the Emirates, was supposed to be the solution in a quarter-final or semi-final against, say, Barcelona or Real Madrid.

Paying Arsenal £20million now, when City have a genuine shot at the Champions League after being paired with Swiss side Basel in the second round, looked money well spent.

It was a risk, but one City’s executives believed was well worth taking.

Sanchez, with his heart set on working with Pep again and playing dreamy football with David Silva and Kevin de Bruyne, was up for it. Most would be.

That was until Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis started an auction by punting Sanchez around Europe’s top clubs.

The Chilean forward put money before morals, although United were the only takers.

This is an insurance policy for Jose Mourinho and his executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward, ensuring a top-four finish and perhaps a shot at the Premier League next season.

Mourinho, on the verge of signing an extended contract through to 2021, is determined to get the beating of Pep over time.

To do it he has out-manoeuvred City, catching them cold at a time when they were a little bit too confident that a deal for Sanchez was already in the bag. Nothing, especially in this sport, is certain.

In a few weeks’ time, when Sanchez is scoring and creating goals in United colours and the Stretford End is singing his name, this treacherous turncoat will be adored again.

As things stand it is one-up for United and it is not difficult to imagine Mourinho chuckling away with his assistant Rui Faria after pinching Sanchez from under Pep’s nose.

It takes something out of the ordinary for City to walk away from a deal when it comes down to money.

There is unlimited funding in place to make them great, but they took the moral high ground when the bidding war began. They were entitled to.

Sanchez has gone back on his word and the promise to join City at the next available opportunity.

Pep kept his part of the bargain, making good on his vow to sign one of the Premier League’s best players.

Don’t ask him for a character reference.
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I want this man out of a job.

Worse than J. Jonah Jameson.
 
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AndyJ1985 said:
I don't even understand why this is still a thing. What does it even matter who pays more? Is it considered some sort of moral victory? If so it's the most pathetic and irrelevant victory known to man. And in this case it's not even a moral victory because City have already spent hundreds of millions in the last couple years, so it becomes an even stranger point of contention.
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I hear we were also willing to pay him more than Wolves were.
 

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Walters_19_MuFc said:
Is it me, or do we always take the longest to complete transfers? Deary me!
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Not really,Lukaku,Mkhi and Bailly were all snatched up relatively quickly.

It's no surprise that the more complex transfers (Pogba,Alexis) take longer to finalize,plus how often do we see swap deals? I'm sure they're vastly more complicated than normal transfers given all the outside parties involved
 

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Watching that Klopp video, it really is baffling how much the journalists have decided to run with the "United is overspending, City are amazing" story line fabricated by City. Dumb.
 

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Wow he's really butthurt isn't he ?

This article sums up everything wrong with English journalism.
 

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Of course Klopp cannot comment much having just spent 75 million on a defender!
 

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The state of Merson on Sky trying to make out that they have got the best of the deal and that Mkhitaryan will have the same stats as Alexis come the end of the season. :lol::nono::rolleyes::lol:
 

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You're giving him and the S*n the attention they crave. Don't click on any link to that vile website.
 

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Watching that Klopp video, it really is baffling how much the journalists have decided to run with the "United is overspending, City are amazing" story line fabricated by City. Dumb.
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A very pointed question. It doesn't take long for the media to form a narrative and even longer for them to drop it.
 

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cyberman said:
Pep

When asked why they were unable to match United's offer, the Manchester City boss replied: "I am not the guy with the mathematics, the numbers.


Sounds like he was over ruled and he isn't happy about it
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And he will get another 300 mil in the summer, poor guy. Plus 30-40 for some backup player in this window.
Because- " everybody wants to play for pep"!
 

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Where has this 500k a week wage figure come from?

Being discussed on talk sport now as if it’s a figure we’ve released when in reality it’s been plucked from the sky!

The media agenda during this transfer has been nothing short of pathetic.
 
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