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If Alexis Sanchez wants to leave Arsenal, he can fuck off

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If Alexis Sanchez does not want to play for Arsenal he can fuck off.

A strong statement I know, but that is how I feel about any player when they decide to leave us. From Ian Wright under Bruce Rioch, to the Nicolas Anelka situation in the late 90s, Marc Overmars and Emmanuel Petit moving to Barcelona, and Thierry Henry and Patrick Vieira flirting with anyone and everyone. Cesc Fabregas and Robin van Persie, Samir Nasri and more.

If you do not want to play for The Arsenal Football Club, you know where the door is.

Of course, I expect Arsenal to do everything they can to keep their top stars. But everything they can within reason.

Offer competitive wages – but do not be held to ransom

In the past players have left for riches elsewhere. Especially in the late 00’s, we could not compete with the likes of Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea when it came to wages. We could not pay players the going rate, and we lost them.

Of course, some players, like Samir Nasri, left for wages far more than what they were really worth. That sort of player can bugger off.

The reports are we have offered Alexis Sanchez £250,000-£280,000 a week. That, for me, is what he should be offered. It is what he is worth.

That will make him one of the highest paid players in the Premier League. It is similar money to what the likes of Eden Hazard, Yaya Toure and Sergio Aguero are on.

If he chooses to go to somewhere like China, who might offer him £500,000+ a week, or decideds on Manchester City at £350,000 a week, then he just go’s in the bin like the rest of the greedy footballers.

Battle for success

When Robin van Persie left Arsenal, it was not for the money, it was for success. He felt at the time Arsenal were not battling for the title. They were not signing, or planning to sign, the right players. He joined Manchester United and in his first season won the league title.

Could the same be said for Alexis Sanchez if he joins Manchester City?

City have won1 League Cup in the last 3 seasons. They have not exactly been glory laden years.

Add in Manchester City’s constant failures in Europe, they are no more set up to win the league than Arsenal.

A move to City would not be a move to win things. It would be a move for money.

Build a team full of title winning players – to ensure title winning players do not leave

Back to Robin van Persie, he felt at the time Arsenal were not bringing in title winning players. I understand the argument he had, but he was also part of a team that failed.

Alexis Sanchez might sit and moan that Arsenal are not in the Champions League. That he has not won the title since joining the club. But, like van Persie, he has been part of a failing team. He needs to stand up and take some of the blame.

When Arsenal went on their 6 game without a win run, Sanchez got 1 goal and 1 assist.

Arsenal’s transfer policy should not be dictated by a player at the club.

And anyway, with offers in for Thomas Lemar and Alexandre Lacazette, Arsenal are in a very different place to when van Persie left.

Nice atmosphere

Winning trophies

Players want to win trophies.

In Alexis Sanchez’s time at Arsenal, he has won 2 FA Cups in 3years.

OK, he might not have won the Champions League or Premier League. But he would not have won any of them at Manchester City, Liverpool or Manchester United either:

Last 3 seasons:

Manchester United: 1 FA Cup, 1 League Cup, 1 Europa League
Manchester City: 1 League Cup
Liverpool: Nothing
Spurs: Nothing

Only at Chelsea (or Leicester) would he have been vastly more successful than Arsenal.

So if Sanchez stays in England, chances are a move to another club is not motivated by success.

 

The only reason Alexis Sanchez would join a side like Manchester City is for the money. If that is the decision he takes, he can fuck off.

no player is bigger than the club. If you do not want to be here, at Arsenal, no matter who you are. LEAVE.

Keenos

It is still our belief that Sanchez will sign a new deal, and we will back him if he stays at Arsenal.

Alexis Sanchez future decided

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Alexis Sanchez says he knows where he will play next season, but will not reveal his decision until after the Confederations Cup.

The Chilean star has been linked with a move to Manchester City but could opt to remain at Arsenal, who are looking to tie him to a new contract.

However, the attacker knows what his decision is, but will not reveal it.

“My future will be decided after the cup. I know what it is, but cannot say,” he told reporters ahead of the Confederations Cup final with Germany.

Arsenal superstar has been heavily linked with a move away from the club, but the Bundesliga giants had placed a move in doubt.

Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has seemingly ruled out signing Arsenal star Alexis Sanchez by claiming that his side must focus on building around youth, rather than experience.

The Bundesliga champions had been heavily linked with a potential move for the Chilean in recent months, but Hoeness was insistent that Bayern continue their strategy of buying young players.

“Everyone is talking about building a new team and how Bayern Munich’s future must be shaped,” he told Kicker.

“And then Bayern does exactly that – signs young players between 20 and 22 – and is criticised once again.”

He added, alluding to rumours of interest in Arsenal’s Alexis: “But you can’t build a new team with €100 million transfers for 29 and 30-year-olds. That isn’t a policy.

Time is up for Jack Wilshere

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Following on from yesterdays blog by our friends at Your Daily Arsenal, I am going to nail my flag to the mast.

I have been a WOB for a few years now. A fully paid up member of the Wilshere Out Brigade.

Back in December 2013, I felt he had a lot of growing up to do if he ever wanted a top career. 6 months later during the summer of 2014, I declared that he should on his last chance. He had already been hampered by injuries, but his off field behaviour was becoming worrying, and he had not really progressed since his 2011 performance against Barcelona. A snippet from that 2014 blog:

Yes, he has had injuries which have hampered his performance’s since his break through season in 2010, but that was 4 years ago. His best performance in an Arsenal shirt was against Barcelona when he was 19. That was in 2011.

Last summer I reached breaking point. When talk was circulating about loan deals to AC Milan and an eventual loan deal agreed to Bournemouth, I announced that Jack Wilshere should not be loaned out, he should in fact be sold.

Role on a year, and not much has changed.

He had a fruitful 6 months at Bournemouth. Benefiting from half training sessions and playing once a week. But then he broke down in April. And he is now due to miss pre-season once more.

When he was ‘performing’ for Bournemouth, I was sceptical. Yes, he was playing most games, but there is a difference between performing for Bournemouth and performing for Arsenal.

At Arsenal, he could not partake in half training sessions. We need full involvement so that players are 100%. If you are not taking full part in the majority of sessions, you can not be fully prepared for the match. Not being fully prepared is OK if you are playing for a mid table team, but not for a top team.

Then we had him playing just once a week. I remember when Ledley king used to do this for Spurs and it was laughable. Football is about combinations, playing together. It is no surprise that in the last 3 years, Chelsea and Leicester have shared the titles whilst playing the least players.

At Arsenal you need to play twice a week. A player who plays once a week and then can not play mid week is detrimental to squad progression.

On top of that, it is the pure fact that Wilshere is not good enough for Arsenal to not part take in every training session. He is not good enough for Arsenal to only play Saturday’s.

If it was Lionel Messi who could only play once a week, you would manage his work load. But Wilshere is not Messi. He is not even an Aaron Ramsey.

So here we sit again as June is about to go into July and Jack Wilshere is once more injured.

I have recently been watching A League of their Own American Road Trip. Great programme. Alongside James Corden, Jack Whitehall and Freddie Flintoff stars Jamie Redknapp. And Jack Wilshere reminds me a lot of Redknapp. A talented football who just can not get fit.

The people defending him are the same people who attacked Abou Diaby. Wilshere is not better a player than Diaby, nor is he any fitter than Diaby.

It is time for his Arsenal career to end. It might hurt to say it. Hurt to do it. But he is 25 now, has still not progressed since 2011, and we should cash in and call it a day.

Keenos