Good. It doesn't make sense to pay him shit loads of money and then let him play for some other club. If we pay him more than 50% (rumors are it's close to 60-70%) then he will be our second highest paid player but won't be playing for us.Tweet
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Whether you like it or not (I don't) Lingard will get plenty of minutes this season. I'm not suggesting him as a replacement since he's already part of the team. I'm suggesting that if Alexis goes the likes of Greenwood, Gomes and Chong will get more chances and that worst case scenario is Lingard has to fill in as a false 9. Like I said, it's not ideal, but it beats keeping Alexis.Lingard can run around and provide absolutely nothing off note in any position tbf. I am happy for Alex to go but let's not suggest Lingard as a replacement.
If Ole doesn't plan on using him, what's the point in paying a player massive wages ?I’m mystified by some of the comments on here. The window is closed. If Sanchez leaves we can’t replace him. Why would anyone want a player to be unavailable for selection by the manager? If Ole thinks Sanchez can help, he selects him, if not, he doesn’t. What do we gain by removing that option?
No, we are smarter than what they thought. Why would we pay over 350k a week to a player that will assist another team get CL football??Inter are obviously smarter than we thought.
We obviously will have to pay some of his wages. Equally obviously, we won't sanction the deal without Inter paying a good amount of them. There's not a chance in hell we pay over 350k (which I believe is his full wage before the appearance fee), so don't get worked up about that.No, we are smarter than what they thought. Why would we pay over 350k a week to a player that will assist another team get CL football??
If UTD sanction this deal whilst paying his wages, it will be another example of UTD getting mugged off for the whole world to look and laugh.
Are we sure Ole isn’t planning on using him? Sounded like he was hoping Alexis would get his form back in that press statement.If Ole doesn't plan on using him, what's the point in paying a player massive wages ?
It's only going to dampen down the dressing room atmosphere. So much better to sell him or loan him and get him off the books.
Exactly, why should we pay towards his wages to play for another team with champions league football?Good. It doesn't make sense to pay him shit loads of money and then let him play for some other club. If we pay him more than 50% (rumors are it's close to 60-70%) then he will be our second highest paid player but won't be playing for us.
Would rather go with, pay full wages and make him part of the squad.
Well Lingard is happy to do the donkey work and make runs to give space to Rashford and Martial. Sanchez doesn't.Keep him and play him instead of Lingard. Gomes doesn't seem likely to play and Sanchez can't be any worse than Lingard.
The evidence of the last 18 months is that he is significantly worse than Lingard. Truth be told his last 6 months at Arsenal were nothing special either so you are talking about a 30 year old player with multiple injury concerns who has not played like a top flight footballer in two years. If Inter are willing to pay 50 quid per week of his wages then for gods sake take the money. If you don't want to see Lingard in the number 10 role then we still have Mata, Gomez, Pereira and Pogba for starters who are all better than Sanchez at this point.Keep him and play him instead of Lingard. Gomes doesn't seem likely to play and Sanchez can't be any worse than Lingard.
We could end up paying him £10 million + to do the same for Inter (or probably much better), plus get him back next season as well.Legs are gone and a poor attitude to boot. If he stays he won’t get 5 goals and assists combined and we will pay him £20m+ for the privilege.
Grim. But yeah, true.Truth be told his last 6 months at Arsenal were nothing special either so you are talking about a 30 year old player with multiple injury concerns who has not played like a top flight footballer in two years.
Please show me this evidence. Pogba isn't going to be played as a number #10, Mata can do the job coming off the bench, not good enough to be a starter anymore. Pereira I don't rate and as I mentioned even though I think Gomes is better than the 3 of them, Ole seems to think otherwise. Sanchez may be a lost cause as well but it's worth giving him a shot centrally since he's lost the pace to play as a winger and he's very sound technically and a much better passer than Lingard.The evidence of the last 18 months is that he is significantly worse than Lingard. Truth be told his last 6 months at Arsenal were nothing special either so you are talking about a 30 year old player with multiple injury concerns who has not played like a top flight footballer in two years. If Inter are willing to pay 50 quid per week of his wages then for gods sake take the money. If you don't want to see Lingard in the number 10 role then we still have Mata, Gomez, Pereira and Pogba for starters who are all better than Sanchez at this point.
Work rate has never been a problem with Sanchez.Well Lingard is happy to do the donkey work and make runs to give space to Rashford and Martial. Sanchez doesn't.
Hasn’t our work rate for nearly all our players pre Ole been a problem? Bottom of the league in nearly every metric going in that department from what I recall of those depressing days.Work rate has never been a problem with Sanchez.
Watch United games featuring Sanchez and then watch games featuring Lingard, if you think Sanchez is the better player, contributes more or works harder then there is really no helping you. Sanchez has been woeful for 2 whole seasons and it is not like he is getting any younger, it would be lovely to see him come good for United but it is about as likely as the team coming out of the tunnel against Palace tomorrow riding Unicorns.Please show me this evidence. Pogba isn't going to be played as a number #10, Mata can do the job coming off the bench, not good enough to be a starter anymore. Pereira I don't rate and as I mentioned even though I think Gomes is better than the 3 of them, Ole seems to think otherwise. Sanchez may be a lost cause as well but it's worth giving him a shot centrally since he's lost the pace to play as a winger and he's very sound technically and a much better passer than Lingard.
Lingard got twice the amount of game time Sanchez did last season and contributed 2 more goals. So you tell me how exactly he's a bigger contributor. Sanchez has been shit, I'm not debating that, but if the options are Sanchez or Lingard I'd take Sanchez any day, he's easily the better player and it's not even close.Watch United games featuring Sanchez and then watch games featuring Lingard, if you think Sanchez is the better player, contributes more or works harder then there is really no helping you. Sanchez has been woeful for 2 whole seasons and it is not like he is getting any younger, it would be lovely to see him come good for United but it is about as likely as the team coming out of the tunnel against Palace tomorrow riding Unicorns.
It is not simply about goals and stats though. Sanchez looked like a Sunday footballer when he played last year, might not have been Lingard's best season but he did so much more when he was on the pitch than Alexis. So far as the bolded part, it is not a binary decision between the two and in fact I would rather we use any one of Mata, Gomes and Pereira at 10 before playing Lingard. My main issue with this is that Sanchez is far and away our highest paid player and the argument to keep him is that we could play him at 10 when that is arguably our position of least need.Lingard got twice the amount of game time Sanchez did last season and contributed 2 more goals. So you tell me how exactly he's a bigger contributor. Sanchez has been shit, I'm not debating that, but if the options are Sanchez or Lingard I'd take Sanchez any day, he's easily the better player and it's not even close.
But he clearly can.Sanchez can't be any worse than Lingard.
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It’s dumb also because we paying most of his wages to feck off too. Just keep him here.Does anyone seriously think this isn't dumb after today?
He might have been shite for us so far but we are 3 games into the season and resorting to bringing on a 17 year old in situations where we desperately need a goal...and that's before Martial got injured, who is our only striker.
It's mad enough to me that people on here want to get rid of him inthe circumstances. The fact that the people managing the club are actually trying to fills me with great confidence that they have no fecking clue what they are doing.It’s dumb also because we paying most of his wages to feck off too. Just keep him here.
