Tosker
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I don't want him to flop - but I want him to cause Mourinho a whole ton of problems, and disrupt the dressing room to the very best of his ability
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Alexis Sanchez (Out)
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goonerwarsh
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It's nothing other than a tragedy this. It feels with the Sanchez era that Arsenal have proved themselves to be a club where we can't satisfy top class talents either financially or through sporting ambition. We bought two elite players but failed to capitalise on those purchases. The days of us selling our best players to rivals should be long over now, and that this situation has been allowed to develop to get to this stage is just negligence. Heads should have rolled over this. The way the whole saga has been managed has been awful, and it isn't just this sole case. It stinks of complacency at top level.
Wenger wastes no opportunity to tell everyone how we can't compete at the financial level that other clubs are operating at, which is a perfectly valid argument; however the hypocrisy of that statement is Arsenal have no problem extracting more money out of it's fan base than any other club in world football. This is where I have a massive problem with how we operate. The club are charging Savoy money and providing a Premier Inn service. I don't know why we bothered to move to that corporate sanitised shell of a stadium only to sell our best players to Manchester United. Why the hell did we bother?
Wenger wastes no opportunity to tell everyone how we can't compete at the financial level that other clubs are operating at, which is a perfectly valid argument; however the hypocrisy of that statement is Arsenal have no problem extracting more money out of it's fan base than any other club in world football. This is where I have a massive problem with how we operate. The club are charging Savoy money and providing a Premier Inn service. I don't know why we bothered to move to that corporate sanitised shell of a stadium only to sell our best players to Manchester United. Why the hell did we bother?
Country: England
Some pretty harsh words to his son, hope he doesn't take it too bad.
Country: Australia
All the best and good luck to him , I won't boo him , strangely realised I have not attachment to him .
Country: Iceland
Alexis son
goonerwarsh
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He was a weird player, always felt like a bit of an outsider and not really someone who bought into the club...more of an employee who was really great at his job but didn't believe in the company.
Country: England
There's huge pressure for him to perform from the get-go. I remember when Rooney at 2013 got his 300k a week contract that he wanted and even that amount was seen as ridiculous for a 28 year old Premier League legend, each elephant first touch or wide shot he made got him slaughtered. World Cup period was mentally tough for him too. That was with having the English press on his side that Alexis won't get, already seen as a mercenary without having kicked the ball because of the freakish money he is on.
It's a case of sink or swim from day one but our fans will be behind him.
It's a case of sink or swim from day one but our fans will be behind him.
Country: Iceland
That is so great for you guys! Thanks for sharing!
Difference is, Rooney already looked like he was on the way down in 12/13 whereas Alexis is still in his prime. I think he'll perform at a high level for United, they're probably only 2 players away from genuinely challenging City next season.
Country: Iceland
You never know when players form go down... What will work in United disgusting club favor is that Sanchez will have first summer break in years.
Tosker
Does Not Hate Foreigners
I see this as a minus, except for the possibility of injury
not taking part in the World Cup won't do his morale any good, and he does have a bit of a tendency to lose condition when he's not training or playing
Country: Iceland
I really don't think it will affect him. He will be sad in the summer losing out on the world cup but after world cup there is a new season and he fresh start. I think he will be fine mentally.
United will make Alexis' announcement after Arsenal confirm Mkhitaryan first.
swear someone called this
swear someone called this
Mark Tobias
Mr. Agreeable
I'll go one up on that and say he loved his job but not necessarily the company.
Mark Tobias
Mr. Agreeable
There are so many examples of this happening I don't even know where to begin. But we will just have to wait and see as this is all speculation right now.
United will make Alexis' announcement after Arsenal confirm Mkhitaryan first.
I said it in the Aubameyang topic. We will make them wait until we’ve wrapped that up
Aussie_gunner123
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Country: Australia
If they have come out & said this then they may not be able to announce it for a few days cause I'd imagine it will take us yet another few days to officially announce it hahaha.United will make Alexis' announcement after Arsenal confirm Mkhitaryan first.
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CurryFlavoured
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I kind of get you, but I also don't even know what 'buying into the club' is at Arsenal. I'm not a big fan of our footballing style or the current culture at the club. If the rest of our players are 'buying into' Wenger's vision, then maybe we need a new direction.
If you mean he's not the best team player, then that's fair. He's a lone wolf, but he's a winner. Has supreme confidence in himself but it's part of what makes him so good (and bad at times). He's probably a bit crazy but a sublime footballer who I've loved watching play here.
junglist57
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United will make Alexis' announcement after Arsenal confirm Mkhitaryan first.
And then we'll make our Aubameyang announcement after they've done Sanchez...
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