Good memory that sounds about right.
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The way I see it - if we can't find anyone willing to cover all his wages, we might as well keep him. I would prefer us having Alexis if we pay him £400.000 a week than to give him to someone else if we still have to pay half his wages.
Anyone with half a brain can see that he is twice the player through the middle. Let's see if Ole can.
Ole should play him as his number nine, not his beloved 'Rashy'. Nobody is going to take Alexis off us, may as well get the best out of it
Even if he scored 10 goals in the Copa it doesn't make any difference to us. He had enough time to settle in to the team but made us worse and never came close to establishing a chemistry with the team. He was bought to be the talisman immediately-not a long term project to be developed.
How come so many players look like rubbish for us and then they look like the player you expect them to be when away with their countries.
Because international football standards isn't as good as club level?
I don't doubt that he'd be a good player next season if he stays fit. That's mostly been his problem with us coupled with the rest of the team being rubbish.
Hear that? You are dead to us, Alexis
Maybe not, but some semblance of form would be great if we are stuck with him.
I still think that he can be our best attacking player and i want him to stay. But i don't have any idea what Ole will do with him. On the right? Or on the left? New Ronaldo is first choice no9 so he will not use him there.
I don't have any expectations. Let's just see what happens. If he goes, he goes, if he stays, more squad depth.
The reports are he´s playing with an ankle injury. Hurray.
They said this about Rooney. He'll have one or two good games with England at CM and suddenly he is a solid CM. Alexis is done out here. The Prem is too pacey and physical. He'd get thrown all over the place like a rag doll
Fingers crossed he carries on having a good tournament and other club teams will be tempted to sign him if United would prefer to get him off the books.
Couple of decent passes. Other than that, nothing special at all.
I'm all for giving second chances, but my patience has ran out with him and I think it will be best for us if he goes. Hopefully we can recoup as much fee as we can by letting him go after his having a good international tournament.
If we fail to get rid of him this season, we should at least try him out in a more central position.
If we fail to get rid of him this season, we should at least try him out in a more central position.
He's lost his explosivness along with low confidence, which is his biggest problem. He will never be world class player again, not even close.
He is a striker now and that the way he should be used. Any top manager will understand this while using him. Do we have enough wisdom to get the best out of players anymore and build a proper balanced team?
Not looking at the moment.
I know i'm weird, and all that, but i actually think this guy Will be great next year!
"Like a new signing"
You are weird.
He would actually be a far less useless player for us as an out an out striker. That's definitely true for two obvious reasons.
The only competition for #9 is an oaf with no first touch and Rashford, who was abysmal for most of the second half of the season there.
And at striker he'll be on the ball a lot less than as a winger. Which means he'll have less opportunity to overplay and lose possession.
But if Sanchez at #9 is the ace in the hole for fixing our toothless attack, well, hello finishing 9th next season. Even if he'd be less useless, he's still toast as a Premier League level footballer in terms of his fitness. He might get a chance next season, have one good game, and then another muscle will pop.
The only competition for #9 is an oaf with no first touch and Rashford, who was abysmal for most of the second half of the season there.
And at striker he'll be on the ball a lot less than as a winger. Which means he'll have less opportunity to overplay and lose possession.
But if Sanchez at #9 is the ace in the hole for fixing our toothless attack, well, hello finishing 9th next season. Even if he'd be less useless, he's still toast as a Premier League level footballer in terms of his fitness. He might get a chance next season, have one good game, and then another muscle will pop.
Yes but dropping him, not starting him.
... and still playing on the left. Some things just never change.
To think that he is one of the highest paid players in the world -- Top 5 (After Messi, Neymar, Ronaldo, Bale?)
This heavy wage burden will definitely affect our ability to pay potential transfers what we could otherwise. Its the wage of 3-4 youngish transfers at least.
The internal finger-pointing on the Sanchez signing must be at its top top peak by now.
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Also, there was another quote I can't find at the moment that implies Sanchez played through an injury in the game "because he is more loved" in the national team. The audacity to be saying all this nonsense, considering the amount of money he has basically stolen from the club.
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We should at least try him in a central position and stop him wasting his energy out wide. He does not have exceptional pace but surely his movement and work rate can work as a false 9.
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I can't see past this. Sanchez has played 14.5 seasons of club ball (593 games) and 126 international games. Just seems like too much to expect much from him. 10 goals in his last 51 games in the Prem is pretty rough, we'd need him to at least double that rate to be of even decent use here considering how often he gives the ball away and that he's not a great playmaker.
I think this one is a sunk cost, hopefully some Serie A side bails us out.
No man he's just been terrible. Part of the problem and not the solution. Whatever is going on behind the scenes at Utd is poison at the moment and he’s got to be a big part of that.
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Yeah, good performance.
But injured again...what? His muscles and tissues gone soft due to aging. confirmed.
But injured again...what? His muscles and tissues gone soft due to aging. confirmed.
Somehow I am guessing that his views may not be the same if he was paying Alexis' salary.
Would rather keep and play centrally than ship him out and pay his wages.makes no sense at all unless he is disruptive and is desperate to leave
be amazing if he dominates Copa America and some club takes a punt on him
even if we got some decent performances from him it's hard to imagine him making a long term positive impact
even if we got some decent performances from him it's hard to imagine him making a long term positive impact
People need to stop this 'one more season' shit with these past it players, it is the reason that we still have dead weights like him that pull the club down. Barely available most of the time with repeated injuries, and even when he plays he is shit. Other players look at him and the contract that he is given and demand the same. His signing is one of the biggest mistakes that we have made, and it is affecting the entire club and the players around as well.
Even if he plays ok then it's still a problem. I think half the problem of unrest was due to his high wages and hence you get the likes of Rashford and De Gea demanding high wages. I can't blame them. If De Gea, our best player over 3 seasons sees someone on double his wages that isn't doing anything to contribute it must be annoying to say the least. Of course this is all a theory but if there is any truth he needs to go.
Everyone thinks the same, but there's the Rashy problem.
You’re probably right but to me it shows what little girls we have at the club. Remember when we signed RVP? RVP came in on the second highest wages in the squad, yet our players were over the moon that we brought him in because they figured he was going to help us win trophies. We signed Sanchez in similar fashion and our players don’t care they just get their feelings hurt because someone makes more.
There's one massive difference- RVP instantly delivered through his performances while Sanchez has never shown on the pitch why was he given such salary. If RVP failed to deliver no question there would be unrest in the squad, same with Sanchez- in case he started like RVP and made difference on the pitch no way anyone would question his salary.
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