#976

who would he replace?

#977

Whoever weā€™ve got ostensibly playing wide-right out of position.

Heā€™s (currently) a better player than Martial, Rashford, Mkhytarian or Mata and is just about as good as Lingard.

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#978

Steady.

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#979

I smell Manchester United formations coming here

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#980

hmm

Wouldnā€™t Sanchez be playing out of position at wide-right too?

#981

Heā€™d be in that interchangeable not-a-striker-or-a-winger-but-still-a-forward position innit.

He isnā€™t joining Manchester United though

#982

Wouldnā€™t be too disappointed if Sanchez goes to United. Been quite vocal against the move, primarily because i think it would spell the end for Aguero, whoā€™s a superior player, but secondly because i donā€™t like big name, big ego signings in January when youā€™re doing very well. Could upset the balance of the dressing room, as much as City are an Aguero injury off being quite easy to play against. Sanchez, for me, has been one of the causes of Arsenalā€™s problems rather than effected by them. A change of scenery will probably work, but his attitude over 2017 for meā€™s been disgusting.

Can see logic in several moves for him. United can pay by far the highest wages and thereā€™s little competition for his place. City have a good advantage at the top of the league, can pay very good wages and have the best squad, but that means being in and out of the side. Chelsea makes sense on a lot of levels in that they could match City wagewise, he wouldnā€™t have to move, they always eek out trophies by hook or by crook and heā€™d walk into their side every week.

The most interesting possibility, putting my loyalties to one side, would be Liverpool. In pure footballing terms he could elevate that side to being on a par with City and that front four would be mouthwatering.

#983

Standard article when city are about to sign someone.

city signing a player>ā€œUtd interestedā€>city sign player>player turned down Utd for city>city fans think theyā€™ve got one over on Utd

#984

But maybe this timeā€¦

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#985

Yeah like Ducking says, his form dipped a little after he was injured. I think I remember him scoring an absolute peach of a goal against us literally about a month before we spunked 50 mill on him.

#986

The rumours doing the rounds are that City have offered him Ā£10m and Ā£250k a week to sign now, or Ā£25m and Ā£300k a week to sign in the summer. Even this would be breaking their wage structure. Swiss Ramble guy reckons City pay their best players huge bonuses but since renegotiations nobodyā€™s on Ā£200k a week or more (though De Bruyne, Sterling, etc, are in the process of signing new deals).

If Mourinho pressures Woodward, United could blow that out of the water. Rooney was on Ā£350k a week years ago, Zlatan before re-signing was on in excess of Ā£400k a week. If it comes down to money, he probably wonā€™t go to City this month, but either another club this month or City in the summer.

#987

Agent makes up bid for Alexis Sanchez in attempt to squeeze City for more mios

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#988

Yes that was a bit harsh of me, and I agree that weā€™re out of form in most departments, with Alonso and Christensen the exceptions, and yes Rudiger does look a hell of a lot better. Iā€™m pretty pleased with Drinkwater as well, although last night and on Saturday he wasnā€™t great.

Iā€™m just worried (and I hope that none of the top 5 managers are reading this!) that the longer Morataā€™s mojo loss continues, the more the opposition will set their teams up to capitalise on that.

He did score 2 cracking goals against Stoke, but he also missed 3 absolute sitters and then of course 3 even more absolute sitters against Arsenal.

Meant to add that Iā€™m really pleased that Christensen has signed another 5 year deal.

#989

yeah

we have 140mio Coutinho dollars and Sanchez could fit right in to the vacant slot butā€¦

just canā€™t see him moving to Scouseland

#990

Think Toure is the outlier on that structure still though right? (Although obviously not after this season) and, like you say, they typically make up the difference with enormous appearance/goal/assist bonuses.

Dread to think how much weā€™d sling at him per week if there was a sniff of a chance of signing him, already dreading the seemingly inevitable Ozil deal in the summer for fucking Ā£300k a week or some such nonsense.

#991

City fans must be really scratching around for things to have over their red neighbours at the minute!

And besides, if he does go to United youā€™d hardly be sat there timidly scratching your chin, youā€™d see it as a major coup, and fairly so.

On a very basic level, though, sure, shenanigans happen in the media before all deals, but itā€™s much more likely theyā€™re planted by the parties who can most benefit, and thatā€™s pretty much always the selling club, agent and player rather than a reason for a brief bragging rights dance.

#992

Youā€™d think so but most of my city supporting associates and family members talk about United more than city.

#993

Why? Itā€™s better than the Glazers pocketing the money.

#994

Because I think heā€™ll be a shit signing and the wages will make him impossible to shift when he is inevitably shit.

Literally couldnā€™t give a flying fuck about the cash that is spent on footballers by Manchester United, the implications of the wages on the footballing side are more relevant than the fees IMO.

#995

No, no I wonā€™t hear that!