If he is not poisonous to the dressing room, I am fine keeping him. He can be an asset when not injured. The wages thing is hard to understand. Would need to know the terms of the other players' contracts. Why would they stop using his wages as a benchmark after he leaves the club?
Alexis offered to Roma
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....nah.
Just saw the training vids, Alexis is laughing and enjoying his time.
Just saw the training vids, Alexis is laughing and enjoying his time.
I’d be too on those wages. 1 minute of fecking around probably earned him 10k.
Just like Darmian, he doesn't need replacing. Besides, James, Greenwood and a few other youngsters will be coming into the squad.
Made me laugh out loud! Well played.
Rather they get the chance than Alexis. Looks completely done.
Anybody seen the video of him on YouTube called "Alexis Sanchez was a FREAKING BEAST at Arsenal !!" ?
His steep decline has been truly legendary. I wish we got even 50% of the player he was in that video.
His steep decline has been truly legendary. I wish we got even 50% of the player he was in that video.
Yeah at this point the rumors are dumb anyway.
Why would we let another senior/experienced attacker leave the club after Lukaku?
No sense to me, I don't know about you guys though.
Same as the tabloid about him and Greenwood fighting, right after that shows a video with Alexis in the mix again.
Don't think this will happen.
Many people did but at the time it became common on here to ridicule the notion that players started declining around the age of 30. Same with Matic. "30 is the new 50" and all that bs. I got curious and found out there are actually numerous credible sources reinforcing the notion that declines are more likely to happen from 30. This place is too smart for itself sometimes
if we have to pay most of his wages, I'd rather keep him
however unlikely, it would be worth holding him for a year in the hope he finds some form
however unlikely, it would be worth holding him for a year in the hope he finds some form
I doubt we'll loan him out. The only sense I find in it is to raise his market value so we ship him in one of the next transfer windows.
However if he leaves we'll be really thin up front. I can see replacing Lukaku with Greenwood working out as long as we keep Sanchez. But replacing Lukaku and Sanchez for Greenwood and James/Chong in the same window is quite risky.
However if he leaves we'll be really thin up front. I can see replacing Lukaku with Greenwood working out as long as we keep Sanchez. But replacing Lukaku and Sanchez for Greenwood and James/Chong in the same window is quite risky.
Why would we let him leave? Because he’s trash. Past it. Ain’t got it no more. Greenwood would be more reliable in his place.
So we're losing another forward without replacing him.
Right, and then when he left, the Glazers out thread will increase tenfold in postings.
"What is this? we let Lukaku and Sanchez go but no replacement? Incompetent ED!!!!"
Sometimes the state of our fans are just laughable.
On one hand I want him gone but then again we are were thin if just one or two players get injured
If that were to happen, then we join forces and laugh at their opinions while Greenwood puts in the bangers.
James might as well be called his replacement. He did next to nothing last season. Greenwood’s taken Lukaku’s spot on the bench/ right wing/ stand in berth. We’re inexperienced but covered right now.
Ed : "Hello Roma this is Ed Woodward"
Roma : "Uwow Mamamia, the handsome Ed Woodward, do you call to buy one of our players? I heard you were looking for the best in their class, We have...."
Ed : "No but We would like to offer you Alexis Sanchez"
Roma : "Sorry it is the wrong number, I only joked"
Roma : "Uwow Mamamia, the handsome Ed Woodward, do you call to buy one of our players? I heard you were looking for the best in their class, We have...."
Ed : "No but We would like to offer you Alexis Sanchez"
Roma : "Sorry it is the wrong number, I only joked"
We'd love for you to have him too
Have your manager convince him to take a massive pay cut and he's all yours
He average around 2 goals 3 assists per season here, with around 3 or 4 average rating. I don’t think it really matter if we get his replacement or not.
James is needed on the right while Martial will be needed upfront to cover/compete for Rashford. We are extremely light upfront and yet all we seem to care about is slashing the salary bill and pocketing on lukaku's money.
Left: Rashford, Martial, James, Gomes, Chong
Center: Martial, Rashford, Greenwood
Right: Lingard, James, Greenwood, Mata
No we don’t need Sanchez here.
Center: Martial, Rashford, Greenwood
Right: Lingard, James, Greenwood, Mata
No we don’t need Sanchez here.
It's pretty obvious performance generally isn't as high after 30 as before in physical attributes. You only have to look at Olympics and suchlike events and compare unders and overs.
However football of course isn't just about the athletics side so many players can perform very well for ages after.
But generally not those that start young and have such a furious and accelerating style.
Choose another sport, say long distance running, where the top speed and acceleration isn't that important and it's totally different rules. But premier league...the club were too obsessed with beating city at all cost.
Last season it was horrible for him but its silly to rule him out especially considering how light we are upfront. A half decent sanchez may be just enough to top 4. Now if the club wanted him out then that is fair enough but add at least a replacement for him or Lukaku
It all about whether we trust the likes of Greenwood and Gomes as our backup. If we think they are not good enough, then we may need to get a replacement.
He's injured or unfit more than he is available. He doesn't play enough to say we need to replace him.
Its not a player who has torn it up when he does play.
3 goals in 2 over 2 years. 32 appearances.
If he was the Arsenal Sanchez id agree but he isnt. Hes a total disaster and there has been no sign of improvement.
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No, it isn't. He's being terrible for 1.5 seasons and we should actively seek to cut our losses regardless of a replacement. He isn't an important member of the team and we already have two players coming into the team.
If he is shit then bring in a replacement for him or/and Lukaku. Instead we seem to develop a trend were we sell and not bringing in replacement. I hope it doesn't come out biting our arse
The Times says Alexis wants out, the Sun says Alexis is refusing to leave. Who to believe..?
We are asking them to do way more then the class of 92 did back when they became first teamer. The class of 92 were older, they had a better manager and they played with better players.
If we have the opportunity we surely need to get rid. He's on a massive contract and a serious downturn. It's going to be harder and harder to move him on. Give any minutes he would have had to the kids, they can't do any worse.
I’d probably believe Piers Morgan over The Sun, reality is that other than pick up ridiculous wages and make others envious of that wage Sanchez hasn’t done a single thing for us since joining.
He doesn’t need replacing as he’s been non existent since joining, I think if anyone needed replacing it was Lukaku as he was main back up for our strikers role. I think in James, Chong, Gomes and Greenwood we’ve got 4 players that will all contribute more than Sanchez has done in his entire time here and all fit how Ole wants to play.
I’d like us to look at a Henrik Larson style loan in January to ease the pressure on the youngsters scoring goals and the over reliance on Martial and Rashford too, Larson may not have scored many goals during his loan but he had a big impact that second half of the season so hopefully we can bring someone in similarly in January.
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Says Milan, Juve and Napoli also want Sanchez so looks like Serie A could be the likely destination.
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Great if he wants to leave as he can waive the massive settlement it would have taken to move him if he didn't. One thing is clear the club wants his contract off the books because of the terrible precedent it set
FFS Alexis makes our line up lookin' good on paper!
Don't do it Ed!
Don't do it Ed!
This is starting to gather pace now different stories that we are trying to offload him. Media must have been briefed. Ole has probably seen enough of him to question a) His attitude and b) His contribution to the team.
On top of that you have his astronomical wages which has destroyed the salary structure of the club. Needs to go and needs to go this window. Nevile alluded to Ole wanting 3-4 players out but couldnt do it at once. I am guessing they were Lukaku, Sanchez, Matic and Rojo
On top of that you have his astronomical wages which has destroyed the salary structure of the club. Needs to go and needs to go this window. Nevile alluded to Ole wanting 3-4 players out but couldnt do it at once. I am guessing they were Lukaku, Sanchez, Matic and Rojo
If we can get rid of him and his ridiculous wages, or at least some of them, then I'm all for it.
Worst signing we've ever made and up there as the worst signing of all time by any club.
He's been here for over 18 months and has scored what? 5 goals? It's shocking.
Worst signing we've ever made and up there as the worst signing of all time by any club.
He's been here for over 18 months and has scored what? 5 goals? It's shocking.
Just get rid. His wages have clearly caused a massive problem for our transfer and contract negotiations and within the dressing room no doubt. Other players will look at him thinking this guy earns so much and he does nothing to help this team and here I am on quarter of what he gets.