Alexis Sanchez - Inter watch

[ayushreddevil9]

Does Pirlo count?

Pirlo plays LW?

 

[haram]

Pirlo plays LW?

Didn't see the position part to be fair.

 

[giorno]

Seen some Inter fans already questioning Lukakus touch and ability on the ball.

Interested to see how Sanchez gets on. I think he'll do much better playing centrally, but I still don't understand why Inter wanted him.

Pissed about with Dzeko and got burned when he got tired of waiting on them and extended with Roma. As this happened well into August, they desperately needed a fourth striker and there weren't many other options

 

[ayushreddevil9]

Didn't see the position part to be fair.

Yeah figured

 

[Walters_19_MuFc]

Think he'll do well in Inter's 352. I can imagine he will play the second striker role, just off Lukaku. To be fair to him, that's the role he looked quite good for us but very rarely played there for us.

 

[BobbyManc]

Does Pirlo count?

Yeah possibly, could be a good shout. I don't know enough about his situation though, was it a case where his performances had actually dipped that much or was he just not fancied by Allegri at Milan?

Pirlo plays LW?

I didn't actually mean position on the football pitch, I meant it as in the position of being a player whose career has took a steep decline. I should have worded it differently to avoid that confusion.

 

[giorno]

Pirlo's career never took a steep decline. He declined along with that milan side as a combination of age and lack of motivation took over the whole team, but he was still good. When he played for Italy he was still his usual old self

 

[Sterling Archer]

First appearance for him today. He looked trim, I don't know if it's the black and blue or what.

 

[RedCurry]

First appearance for him today. He looked trim, I don't know if it's the black and blue or what.

He was always trim. He made sure we all saw it plenty.

 

[iKnowNothing]

How did he play? Hopefully over the course of this season, he plays well enough for them to keep him full-time next season.

 

[WR10]

How did he play? Hopefully over the course of this season, he plays well enough for them to keep him full-time next season.

Short cameo and should have scored an open net.

 

[SATA]

He missed an open goal? That’s quite a feat even by his declining standards

 

[Sterling Archer]

He missed an open goal? That’s quite a feat even by his declining standards

He didn't miss an open net. There were three bodies in front that blocked him well.

 

[Adcuth]

Hasn't started a game yet has he? Didnt get subbed on last night when they were losing. What does that tell you Alexis?

 

[Cee90]

In a way it's funny that I am more looking forward to watching Sanchez now that he is at Inter and not us.

He is still our player, so unlike Lukaku, I actually hope he does well over in Italy and manages to revive his career.

I'm not holding my breath with that, but you never know...

 

[Vidyoyo]

Oh god he is still our player. Keep forgetting that.

Long live Alexis.

 

[el3mel]

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Kinda weird.

 

[charlenefan]

Sounds ominous

 

[Ish]

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Kinda weird.

Yeah. Maybe not a Conte signing?

 

[dev1l]

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Kinda weird.

Not looking good for Sanchez so far...

 

[dev1l]

Yeah. Maybe not a Conte signing?

Don't think so. If signings depended on the club management they wouldn't have spent so much on Lukaku. Even the fans initially thought he s overpriced.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

Not looking good for Sanchez so far...

Been said by 2 coaches here and now another in Italy

And people still wanted him around?

 

[Adcuth]

Sounds like Sanchez is being a gobshite

 

[Ish]

Don't think so. If signings depended on the club management they wouldn't have spent so much on Lukaku. Even the fans initially thought he s overpriced.

Yeah. All a bit weird.

 

[mu4c_20le]

Nobody tells Alexis what to do.

 

[dev1l]

Been said by 2 coaches here and now another in Italy

And people still wanted him around?

It could be that physically he s done. He s certainly a high mileage player and the wear and tear is taking its toll.
Most pros won't admit it (a case in point Keane) and so issues with managers start propping up.

 

[Inigo Montoya]

It could be that physically he s done. He s certainly a high mileage player and the wear and tear is taking its toll.
Most pros won't admit it (a case in point Keane) and so issues with managers start propping up.

That’s a great assessment

 

[Amerifan]

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Kinda weird.

Looks like we’ll be getting someone back at the end of the season.

 

[arthurka]

Yeah, strange that he doesn´t listen to Conte. He took Mourinho´s words as gospel.

 

[DWelbz19]

Think the hunger for the game has just gone.

He was already past it, but when you have no genuine desire to play football anymore, you can't do it any level, really.

 

[poleglass red]

Surely MLS or China has to be his next port of call. Can't Becks take him to his Miami franchise

 

[Lee565]

We are short of attackers and still paying about 75% of his wages, he isn't getting game time in Italy whilst they pay about 100k of his wages per week, what is either team gaining from this loan?

 

[amolbhatia50k]

We are short of attackers and still paying about 75% of his wages, he isn't getting game time in Italy whilst they pay about 100k of his wages per week, what is either team gaining from this loan?

Well we certainly wouldn't gain from him being here given how he's performed for us.

 

[Alabaster Codify7]

Not looking good for Sanchez so far...

Almost sounds like a finished player just sulking and moping about the place no matter where he goes.

Arsenal accidentally lucked out here. Massively.

 

[Amerifan]

We are short of attackers and still paying about 75% of his wages, he isn't getting game time in Italy whilst they pay about 100k of his wages per week, what is either team gaining from this loan?

What are the terms of the loan? Can Conte get so frustrated he sends him back early?

 

[Sandikan]

It's an odd one of what to hope for here isn't it.

Does poorly/doesn't play - we'll all give it similar to the posts above.
Does well - then we've suddenly gaffed binning him there.

No win really is there.

 

[MadDogg]

We are short of attackers and still paying about 75% of his wages, he isn't getting game time in Italy whilst they pay about 100k of his wages per week, what is either team gaining from this loan?

We're not paying 75% of his wages. That's what was originally reported and is probably what Inter offered first up, but by the end of the saga it was generally reported that we were only paying around 40% with Inter paying the rest.

 

[Can7onA]

We are short of attackers and still paying about 75% of his wages, he isn't getting game time in Italy whilst they pay about 100k of his wages per week, what is either team gaining from this loan?

I don't give a shit what Inter get out of it, I'm just glad he's not in our dressing room.

 

[Bojan11]

Think the hunger for the game has just gone.

He was already past it, but when you have no genuine desire to play football anymore, you can't do it any level, really.

I don’t think it’s hunger. You can see he tries. It’s just the Rooney situation repeating itself.

I just think not having a break all those years ago slowly killed his body. He wasn’t just not having a break, but he was playing pretty much all the time too. 166 games in 3 and half seasons for Arsenal is insane. Then add all the games with Chile and you can see he’s having the same issues Rooney was having. He relied a lot on his pace and that seems to be going.

 

[MAME DIOUF 32]

We are short of attackers and still paying about 75% of his wages, he isn't getting game time in Italy whilst they pay about 100k of his wages per week, what is either team gaining from this loan?

We're saving £5 million.