Who do you reckon will turn out to have had the better deal out of the Sanchez, Mkhitaryan swap?

[ivaldo]

Seeing as Sanchez was amazing at Arsenal and played at a level Mkhi simply cannot, they will always be worse off due to the deal.

The only variable is whether we benefit out of it. So far, it's been a meh for meh replacement. Lets see.

This.

 

[Dinghy]

We made Sanchez the best paid player in the PL-history, and he's been shite so far. I'd rather have Mkhi as an alternative on the right.

 

[ivaldo]

They're both 29 years old.

Which we know is the age arthritis tends to kick in.

 

[Tincanalley]

Sanchez ain't great on the piano; Mhki has a ball-sized hole in his foot. Both are good in their own ways.

 

[Fergietime@99]

I hope Sanchez shows us his brilliance today and self-answers this thread

 

[James Peril]

People are strange, and making conclusions way too soon. Garbage? Seriously? His touch in the opening game was for some reason way off, but he still got us that penalty, and he played Lukaku on to miss a sitter. That’s two assists, or should have been at least, on a bad day. Yes he is struggling with our style of play, but at least give him 20-30 games before making shortsighted conclusions.

As always, it takes one great game to silence most of the haters. Hope it’s today!!

 

[Samid]

Both have been appalling and are quite clearly way past their primes. If anything Arsenal will have the better deal because Mkhi is a useful minnow basher in EL and they don't have to pay Alexis' crazy wages.

 

[Moonred]

Sanchez has replaced him well. Same can’t be said about Mkhi. We win.

 

[DRM]

Both have been appalling and are quite clearly way past their primes. If anything Arsenal will have the better deal because Mkhi is a useful minnow basher in EL and they don't have to pay Alexis' crazy wages.

Agreed. So far arsenal have got the better deal. Who'd have thought?!

 

[Hound Dog]

 

[Sandikan]

Agreed. So far arsenal have got the better deal. Who'd have thought?!

It's an expectations thing.
They weren't expecting loads of Mhky, and they're getting...not much.
We expected the world, and we're not getting much.

 

[Raw]

At least Mkhi contributes to goals for them. Though probably more to do with the playstyle than actual ability.

 

[VorZakone]

Mkhitaryan is still shit though.

 

[Mb194dc]

We made Sanchez the best paid player in the PL-history, and he's been shite so far. I'd rather have Mkhi as an alternative on the right.

What is up with Alexis? That freekick today was lol awful. He's only 29 and hasn't had massive injuries. I figure he must have personal issues, or maybe not settled in Manchester or something. Ability must still be there, he's clearly not right at all though.

 

[redmanc]

Shit for shit swap basically...

 

[shamans]

They’re both garbage but with Mikhi you knew the garbage you were getting

 

[adexkola]

City

Inspired response to be fair

 

[ash_86]

The problem is we could've flogged off Mkhi for £20 atleast and called it a day. No one's buying Sanchez with his massive wages.

 

[Brophs]

Raiola

 

[OnlyTwoDaSilvas]

Until Mkhi sits at a piano and bashes out the melody to "and it's Aaaarsenal. Arsenal FC...." then it's still us.

 

[Ekeke]

What is up with Alexis? That freekick today was lol awful. He's only 29 and hasn't had massive injuries. I figure he must have personal issues, or maybe not settled in Manchester or something. Ability must still be there, he's clearly not right at all though.

Tactics. He's still our more creative player most of the time but loses the ball a lot whilst doing it. A bit Nani-ish

I called it that Miki would find it easier at Arsenal than Sanchez at United because Arsenal are a more offensive side with more options

 

[el3mel]

Even though Mikhi is still shite for them, he actually did more for them than Sanchez did for us, which is ridiculous to think about.

Praise to City for seeing this miles away and backing off from such a deal.

 

[bosnian_red]

Mkhitaryan was better for us than Sanchez has been for us. Hes also been better for them than what Sanchez has been for us. So yeah they won this one for sure.

 

[marktan]

Tactics. He's still our more creative player most of the time but loses the ball a lot whilst doing it. A bit Nani-ish

I called it that Miki would find it easier at Arsenal than Sanchez at United because Arsenal are a more offensive side with more options

Is he though? He seldom ever tries to dribble at the defence, just gets the ball and looks to make a pass.. to whom? He should be the one making the runs. Nani at least would try to dribble, and would produce moments of magic from time to time. Sanchez the ball seems to bounce of of him half the time. I'd say Pogba is our most creative player too, by a good margin.

It's like someone's cursed us with the ghost of Rooney, as soon as he leaves a new overpaid, past-it player comes to take his place.

Mikhi also actually was pretty good for us in Mourinho's first season when we won the EL, just last season his head seem to be gone for some reason.

 

[All 3 United]

Even though Mikhi is still shite for them, he actually did more for them than Sanchez did for us, which is ridiculous to think about.

Praise to City for seeing this miles away and backing off from such a deal.

They have scouts. As we’ve seen over the last few transfer windows we don’t have those.

 

[KirkDuyt]

Atthe time it was a no brainer, almost too good to be truw, offload a poor player and replace him with an amazing player.

In hindsight Alexis is underwhelming too,but that's hindsight.

 

[el3mel]

They have scouts. As we’ve seen over the last few transfer windows we don’t have those.

Agree. Painful to say but they're much more organized as a club, and actually have vision and plan.

 

[Champagne Football]

Jose loves nothing more than blaming a player and not the tactics if the team is not winning. Mkhi was the scapegoat back then despite not doing too much wrong. Pogba and Sanchez were supposed to guarantee us a title challenge each year. Sanchez like Pogba would thrive in an attacking team. It's hard to see Jose getting more out of them two even if he spent another 200 million on more attacking talent. Would signing a De Bruyne really make all the difference to this team?

 

[Random Task]

Mkhitaryan was better for us than Sanchez has been for us. Hes also been better for them than what Sanchez has been for us. So yeah they won this one for sure.

There is nothing between, both players have failed in equal measure. Miki has assisted a few goals but his all around game is lacking severely.

 

[Hound Dog]

Jose loves nothing more than blaming a player and not the tactics if the team is not winning. Mkhi was the scapegoat back then despite not doing too much wrong. Pogba and Sanchez were supposed to guarantee us a title challenge each year. Sanchez like Pogba would thrive in an attacking team. It's hard to see Jose getting more out of them two even if he spent another 200 million on more attacking talent. Would signing a De Bruyne really make all the difference to this team?

While I agree that Mourinho needs to go, maybe we need to consider the possibility that Alexis is just... Past it.

Hardly Mourinho's fault he cannot beat a man anymore... He is clearly far slower than he used to be and that takes a lot out of his game.

 

[Ekeke]

Is he though? He seldom ever tries to dribble at the defence, just gets the ball and looks to make a pass.. to whom? He should be the one making the runs. Nani at least would try to dribble, and would produce moments of magic from time to time. Sanchez the ball seems to bounce of of him half the time. I'd say Pogba is our most creative player too, by a good margin.

It's like someone's cursed us with the ghost of Rooney, as soon as he leaves a new overpaid, past-it player comes to take his place.

Mikhi also actually was pretty good for us in Mourinho's first season when we won the EL, just last season his head seem to be gone for some reason.

Sanchez does that with a pass. He's joint 5th most key passes in the league this season

But he's also our 2nd lowest pass accuracy from an outfield player after Lukaku

Pogba has his own problems too. Yeah he makes more dribbles but also gets tackled almost twice as much as Sanchez. Almost 3 times as many loose touches losing the ball.

 

[Random Task]

Jose loves nothing more than blaming a player and not the tactics if the team is not winning. Mkhi was the scapegoat back then despite not doing too much wrong. Pogba and Sanchez were supposed to guarantee us a title challenge each year. Sanchez like Pogba would thrive in an attacking team. It's hard to see Jose getting more out of them two even if he spent another 200 million on more attacking talent. Would signing a De Bruyne really make all the difference to this team?

Sanchez directly contributes to his poor performances by refusing to stick to his position. He constantly drifts inside, causing congestion in the central area and taking away our width in the process. Lingard does the same thing on the right-hand side, as does Mata. Martial does this to an extent also, but he does at least have ambition enough to take on players (although often failing in this endeavour), get to the byline and whip a cross in.

 

[el3mel]

There is nothing between, both players have failed in equal measure. Miki has assisted a few goals but his all around game is lacking severely.

Sanchez is even failing to do that with us so yeah it's not ridiculous to say Mikhi is better for them. Definitely both are shit but still Mikhi did more for them (and us) than Sanchez.

Sanchez was also terrible in his half season with Arsenal before we get him and we were convincing ourselves it's just because he switched off with them. Turned out that he was well past it by this point.

 

[LInkash]

Sanchez has been hampering us by reducing Rashford and Martial's game time, especially when we had such a good thing going with the rotation between the two. Can't say the same about Mkhi, he's has had more than a few positive contributions for them.

 

[Random Task]

Sanchez is even failing to do that with us so yeah it's not ridiculous to say Mikhi is better for them. Definitely both are shit but still Mikhi did more for them (and us) than Sanchez.

Sanchez was also terrible in his half season with Arsenal before we get him and we were convincing ourselves it's just because he switched off with them. Turned out that he was well past it by this point.

So, both are shite then, it's just that Miki is the lesser of the two shites.

Speaks volumes for Jose considering he brought them both at one time or another.

 

[el3mel]

So, both are shite then, it's just that Miki is the lesser of the two shites.

Speaks volumes for Jose considering he brought them both at one time or another.

Exactly. That's my point.

 

[m1tch]

This season we're going to be battling for 4th against Spurs and Arsenal. Sanchez was Arsenal's best player by far and so we've certainly weakened one of our direct opponents. A pretty miniscule positive to take I guess but a positive none the less.

 

[711]

Both have been appalling and are quite clearly way past their primes. If anything Arsenal will have the better deal because Mkhi is a useful minnow basher in EL and they don't have to pay Alexis' crazy wages.

The subject depresses me enough already, go away with your accurate analyses.

 

[Betson]

Even though Mikhi is still shite for them, he actually did more for them than Sanchez did for us, which is ridiculous to think about.

Praise to City for seeing this miles away and backing off from such a deal.

Good point about City , they seem to be the real winning in all this. Their decision not to fight for him and to let us have him is looking a very cleaver one now.

Can't believe how poor he has been for us , still hopeful he can come good as their is a quality players in there somewhere. But the signs so far are not very promising.

 

[Dec9003]

Mkhi has been bad at Arsenal, it just doesn't get mentioned as much because it isn't an Arsenal forum and there isn't as much pressure to perform there.