izzy26 wrote:Which papers in particular?

5 wingers for United huh?
Good competition for places.

Brigate Rossonere wrote:If this is true I can see both Nani and Valencia leaving...

Devil-Is-Red wrote:

izzy26 wrote:Which papers in particular?

5 wingers for United huh?
Good competition for places.

telegraph
Mail
sun
The Mirror

ESPN.

the news is spreading like wildfire right now and it says that the player has chosen to go to United. Some are saying the deal could be done in 48 hours.

All speculation of course. I'm trying really hard not to get my hopes up right now.

Raza Deportiva, a Spanish-speaking sports show broadcasting said that Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United done for £27m.

"The Chilean Alexis Sanchez will be a Manchester United footballer next season, for the price of £27m"

Devil-Is-Red wrote:Twitter is buzzing right now.

Raza Deportiva, a Spanish-speaking sports show broadcasting said that Alexis Sanchez to Manchester United done for £27m.

this is their quote.

"The Chilean Alexis Sanchez will be a Manchester United footballer next season, for the price of £27m"

This is too exciting now. They better not be messing about with us fans lol.

A group including United chief executive David Gill met with Gino Pozzo, the son of the Italian club’s owner Gianpaolo, in the Catalan capital on Monday morning, less than 24 hours after Garry Cook and Brian Marwood opened informal talks with the Serie A side.


The 22 year-old has long been identified as Roberto Mancini’s priority transfer target and City remain confident of reaching a compromise price with Udinese, although sources at Eastlands admitted that reports in Italy on Tuesday that a deal had been agreed – or even a bid lodged – are premature.

Instead, Udinese seem intent on establishing which of Sánchez’s five suitors are prepared to match their £35million asking price. After meeting with representatives of both Manchester clubs in Spain – where the Pozzo family’s industrial empire has a base – Pozzo Jr is due to talk to Inter Milan and Juventus in Milan on Wednesday.

It is believed he has also held talks with Barcelona in recent weeks. The European champions had agreed personal terms with Sánchez last week only to see the deal they proposed to Udinese collapse when Bojan Krkic, the Spain Under-21 forward, refused to be used as a makeweight in the move. Pep Guardiola is now thought to have switched his attention to finalising a deal for Giuseppe Rossi, the former United forward with Villarreal.

That has allowed City to assume Barcelona’s mantle as favourites to land one of the most coveted players in Europe, with Pozzo Sr admitting this week the wealth afforded to the club by their Arab backers granted them an advantage.
But a sea-change in City’s approach may allow United to record a second morale-sapping victory on a close rival in as many weeks, after beating Liverpool to the signature of the Blackburn Rovers defender Phil Jones.

City are adamant they will no longer pay over the odds for players, as has been the case in previous years, now that there is no need to compensate for the lack of Champions League football. Marwood and Cook value a player Mancini is desperate to secure – particularly at a time when Carlos Tévez’s future is so uncertain – at around £25million. It is unlikely that City will raise that base cash offer to meet Udinese’s valuation.

City will hope, instead, to bridge the gap either by offering the Italian side – who will join them in the Champions League this season after a remarkable campaign under Francesco Guidolin – a number of players as collateral in the transfer or by adding a number of performance-related clauses.

United, too, are conscious of the potential cost of the transfer – Sir Alex Ferguson has already seemingly shied away from moves for both Wesley Sneijder, the Inter midfielder, and Tottenham Hotspur’s Luka Modric – and Sánchez’s potential wage demands, as well as an astronomical fee, may prove prohibitive.

The Premier League champions remain keen to add Ashley Young to Ferguson’s resources, though their interest in Sánchez suggests Nani may have played his last game for the club.

GoonerJay29 wrote:Would United signing Sanchez perhaps kill whatever interest they had, if it ever existed, in Samir Nasri?

For me, it would be a strange signing. One of the main strengths of United's team is their wingers. Giggs still performs despite his age. Valencia is quite consistent. Nani just had his best season for the club and now they've got Ashley Young.

Unless United plan on using Young or Sanchez as a withdrawn striker or something like that, it just seems like an unnecessary signing.

cyberman wrote:If true then Berbatov is gone, 1 year left on contract and talks have stalled.
Nani and Valencia will fight for wings while young and sanchez will rotate behind 1 of rooney and hernandez

Maybe rooney takes Giggs advanced midfield spot with Sanchez behind Chachadorito?

Either way, Nani is safe

Our squad will be insane

RedDevilForLife wrote:It would prove for us to have even more depth, and can't Young play CM and Sanchez could play supporting striker.

The Nasri thing, I'm not sure. He can play CM I think, and we really need one.

Did United sign Young?

GoonerJay29 wrote:

RedDevilForLife wrote:It would prove for us to have even more depth, and can't Young play CM and Sanchez could play supporting striker.

The Nasri thing, I'm not sure. He can play CM I think, and we really need one.

I've never seen Young play centre midfield, personally. I don't think he's suited to that role, either. Neither is Nasri, though we've used him there on ocassion. Both are better off either coming in from the flanks (Young on the left, Nasri on the right) or behind the striker and neither are competent defensively.

I suppose if Berbatov goes then Sanchez will slot in nicely, since he can play up front as well.

Did United sign Young?

They did, but it's not being finalised until July when Young returns from his holiday.

cyberman wrote:We can safely say that if true, our days of playing 2 deep laying midfielders are over
Sanchez in the Giggs role interchanging with Rooney?

WERE COMING FOR YOU BARCA!!!!!