Alexis Sanchez | Done deal

[KM]

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...-of-defender-eric-bailly-from-villarreal.aspx

Manchester United is delighted to announce that Eric Bertrand Bailly has completed his transfer from Villarreal CF, subject to successfully obtaining a work permit. Eric joins on a four-year contract with the option to extend for a further two years.


Here we go. Work Permit isn't necessary if we want to announce it.

 

[VanGaalEra]

Rookie mistake, just ask @VanGaalEra, @Ángel Di María

Foundations. Remember LVG’s foundations!

 

[Raees]

He's 29 . Hope we do keep him on as he's a class player and a type we lack if he goes

I'd swap him for Ozil in a heartbeat at end of season.

 

[westmeath]

i expect this to be locked next time i check it (lunchtime). Great banter, especially yesterday, best thread ever,

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

If it's not announced today, more leaks of him in a United shirt will do.

 

[Raees]

Don't you have lawyer contacts in firms who would be involved in this transfer?

I know a guy who worked as a secondee in house at United and one of their counsel through LinkedIn who I've spoken to like once or twice but lawyers are all about confidentiality haha.. doubt they'll risk their career to give me inside goss on Sanchez!

 

[Solo Toure]

It's wierd, this saga has only really been going on for less than 2 weeks compared to Pogba which pretty sure took like 2 months to get announced, yet this one feels just as long. I think we're all a bit tired because we all feel like the club could have rushed it and at least made a "pending medical" announcement.
Seems like today is the day though!

I truly hope so, I can’t stand seeing another tweet with “48 hours”, just want the announcement made then I can get back to my life.

 

[harshad]

I know a guy who worked as a secondee in house at United and one of their counsel through LinkedIn who I've spoken to like once or twice but lawyers are all about confidentiality haha.. doubt they'll risk their career to give me inside goss on Sanchez!

Understand that. But I don't know a single lawyer who doesn't like to gossip

 

[Summit]

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...-of-defender-eric-bailly-from-villarreal.aspx

Manchester United is delighted to announce that Eric Bertrand Bailly has completed his transfer from Villarreal CF, subject to successfully obtaining a work permit. Eric joins on a four-year contract with the option to extend for a further two years.


Here we go. Work Permit isn't necessary if we want to announce it.

Indeed. Clearly we are just waiting until Arsenal are in a position to announce. Simply because we can't announce Sanchez without saying MKhitaryan goes the other way.

 

[Norris]

Knew Work Permit would take a bit of time... and I was laughed at!

 

[harshad]

Indeed. Clearly we are just waiting until Arsenal are in a position to announce. Simply because we can't announce Sanchez without saying MKhitaryan goes the other way.

Yeah was thinking the same.

 

[Berbalicious]

Manchester United is delighted to announce that

Just saw that part when opening this page, and almost spat my coffee at the monitor.

 

[harshad]

Knew Work Permit would take a bit of time... and I was laughed at!

We can announce pending the work permit.

 

[Turnip]

This will be today.
Also, in the summer, I need to ban myself from this section of the forum, I can't keep putting myself through these, it's taking time off my life.

 

[Maradona10]

http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...-of-defender-eric-bailly-from-villarreal.aspx

Manchester United is delighted to announce that Eric Bertrand Bailly has completed his transfer from Villarreal CF, subject to successfully obtaining a work permit. Eric joins on a four-year contract with the option to extend for a further two years.


Here we go. Work Permit isn't necessary if we want to announce it.

He came from a different country, UK has stricter laws so it was subject to Work permit. I think Sanchez transfer is too big to make even a slightest of feck up. The club will confirm it when it is 100% done, even though its 99% done already, it will be announced once he fills in the paperwork. I think meanwhile united want the social media drive to carry on for as long as possible, then deliver a good promotional video and Interview, all of this so as to keep the talk going. Even though pool have sold Coutinho for a record, Chelsea are chasing shitty deals, yet all the talk is united. Its been talked about more than some actual games.

 

[Ajay Cyril]

Craig Norwood: The final piece for the Alexis Sánchez transfer to #MUFC is to be completed today, he has to travel out of Manchester to fill in paperwork for an updated work permit. Then all done.

Need 5 likes to actually post embedded tweets :|

Are we finally there?

 

[MDFC Manager]

Waiting for the NYSE to open

IIRC both the NYSE and LSE have to be simultaneously open?

 

[mykelawrence]

Phil Neville has posted a (very pixelated) picture of Sanchez taking a selfie wearing the no.7 shirt

 

[harshad]

IIRC both the NYSE and LSE have to be simultaneously open?

Well bugger me with a bloody spear.

 

[Samrat Mazumdar]

It doesnt feel like a Monday morning...need to kickstart life again. Please please please Sanchezter today

 

[Summit]

Phil Neville has posted a (very pixelated) picture of Sanchez taking a selfie wearing the no.7 shirt

So has just about every journo and United fan on twitter last night.

 

[Norris]

We can announce pending the work permit.

Of course. We could have also announced prior to a medical or contract being signed as well. I meant, I had a feeling that WP would take a bit of time and he would be ineligible for the Burnley game anyways. It turned out Raiola stretched the deal as well.

I think Both Mkhi and Sanchez deal will be announced around the same time seeing as this is a straight swap.

 

[Carl]

IIRC both the NYSE and LSE have to be simultaneously open?

Not sure if serious.

 

[royboy16]

God that's awful. Especially the part where they try to spin Arsene's words into him blasting the move to United as opposed to City when he in fact did the opposite and said United was a good choice since they at the very least had made their own money, unlikely clubs like City.

Yeap,it's nuts the amount of negative press we have got from the journos over this transfer when there were other worse culprits.

 

[mykelawrence]

So has just about every journo and United fan on twitter last night.

Can’t say I have my finger on the pulse

 

[babyelephant]

It is sanchez day today! .. oh i hope...

He is eligible for champion league am i right? also, i hope he plays on Friday FA cup

Twitter is all about Sanchez. Definitely the best January transfer in Premier League. Who ever decided to bring him in is a genius!

 

[royboy16]

Di Maria came to us at the end of the window. Sanchez was sold near the beginning.

Don't think so but LVG talked him up along with Arturo Vidal. Sanchez moved fairly early that window I think.

Well forgive him for not wanting to sign under LVG then

 

[harshad]

I think Both Mkhi and Sanchez deal will be announced around the same time seeing as this is a straight swap.

This does seem more likely

 

[Micky Targaryen]

.........Or maybe the club will just announce Sanchez in the starting lineup against Yeovil.

Which means 5 more days..

 

[midnightmare]

There's been so few upsets this season in the CL, I just can't see us having enough this year to win it. Looking at the last 16 fixtures you would expect all the big sides to progress, aside from one of Real/PSG. And that's assuming we get past Sevilla over two legs.

Semi-finals would be awesome and I'd hope Sanchez would provide us with enough of a filip to achieve that.

Ummm...we are a "big side". We'll get better as the season goes on and if we go deeper and City don't slip in the league, I wouldn't put it past Jose to prioritize the CL. With Bailly to return, we can rely on our defence maintaining some solidity and adding Sanchez could give us the fillip we need in attack. If we win the CL, quote me. If we lose, don't dare bring this up!

Foundations. Remember LVG’s foundations!

Feck! Given the insane thread on this, how could we forget? He's left foundations that've taken us 18 months to get past!

 

[el3mel]

It will be announced today no doubt.

Hoping for a legendary announcement, something Pogba's level.

 

[Drawfull]

Ummm...we are a "big side".

Yeah I worded it badly. I meant all the big sides should go through, which includes us, assuming we will beat Sevilla who've dropped off a cliff recently.

Good point re the league vs CL and Jose's thoughts, considering he did the same last season, but I still can't see it as much as I want to think we could. Maybe I'm overly-pessimistic.

But as long as it's not City, I'm happy to let our new team gel further for a few months and go all guns blazing for the lot next time around.

 

[M4YON]

It will be announced today no doubt.

Hoping for a legendary announcement, something Pogba's level.

100% all his photoshoot and other media related stuff would have been done yesterday especially since that photo of him was leaked.

We're literally just waiting for his work permit papers to be finished.

 

[The Man Himself]

This will be announced today between 1 to 3 PM.

 

[ryan_forlan]

Club has been weird about this.
We have announced signings "subject to medical" and also "subject to work permit issues", this time it seems like we want to check all the boxes before making any official statement.

 

[Micky Targaryen]

It will be announced today no doubt.

Hoping for a legendary announcement, something Pogba's level.

Pogba's announcement hashtag was #Pogback. Wonder what Sanchez's will be?

Just hoping it won't be as cringe as Chelsea's Rudiger announcement. Actually nah, no one can out-cringe that.

 

[el3mel]

100% all his photoshoot and other media related stuff would have been done yesterday especially since that photo of him was leaked.

We're literally just waiting for his work permit papers to be finished.

That has been reported yesterday. He has finished all his photos and videos with the medical and is just working on Hi work permit. Everything is ready to be announced we're just waiting.

 

[el3mel]

Pogba's announcement hashtag was #Pogback. Wonder what Sanchez's will be?

Just hoping it won't be as cringe as Chelsea's Rudiger announcement. Actually nah, no one can out-cringe that.

Pogba's announcement was the best I have seen from our official account. Hope Sanchez one will be on a similar level after all this waiting.

 

[Drawfull]

Club has been weird about this.
We have announced signings "subject to medical" and also "subject to work permit issues", this time it seems like we want to check all the boxes before making any official statement.

Think it's more to do with the magnitude of the signing that we'd want everything done together for the media push. I'm probably wrong, but only the smaller signings recently have been announced subject to medical/personal terms/permits and so on.

 

[el3mel]

Think it's more to do with the magnitude of the signing that we'd want everything done together for the media push. I'm probably wrong, but only the smaller signings recently have been announced subject to medical/personal terms/permits and so on.

No. We announced Lukaku subject to medical though.

It's the club's choice.