Sanchez Gets a £9Million Pay Off from United

[ElectroClaret]

To facilitate his transfer from MU to Inter, Alexis Sanchez
has took a reported nine million quid to pay up his contract, which had around two years still to run.

This is actually a good deal for United, for he'd be due around £30 million to see his deal at OT out.

On £130,000 a week in Italy, rather than the £560,000 he's leaving behind.

Truly huge sums, emphasising the gulf between the super-clubs and the likes of us.
(Mirror)

[tim_noone]

More fools them....

[NewClaret]

No sympathy for United. Was a stupid deal.

Fair do’s to Sanchez for taking the cut to get first team football.

[Woodleyclaret]

Total insanity by Man U agreeing this contract in the first place just to stop City signing him

[JohnDearyMe]

What went wrong for him at Man Utd on the pitch? He looked a top player at Arsenal. Definitely one of the best individuals I've seen play in the flesh

[ElectroClaret]

What went wrong for him at Man Utd on the pitch? He looked a top player at Arsenal. Definitely one of the best individuals I've seen play in the flesh

Yes, wondered about that myself.
Just seemed to fade out of the picture.
Maybe injured?

[Silkyskills1]

Agreed. A real threat with the ball at his feet. A very classy, modern day player.

[LeadBelly]

He's been a huge mistake for them. He never really hit anything like the form he had with Arsenal - for whatever reason. 32 league games, 3 goals.

I guess he didnt cost too much in straight transfer fee (as a swap for Mkhitaryan) but @ over £0.5 million per week in wages over 2 and a half years, that must've set them over £50 million even with Milan chipping in some of the wages for the last 12 months. There's also suggestions that they gave him a signing-on fee of over £6 million and spent £5 million on agents fees.

The £9 million settlement is about the best they couldve hoped for on top of that.
So maybe £70 million for 3 goals.

[Paul Waine]

What went wrong for him at Man Utd on the pitch? He looked a top player at Arsenal. Definitely one of the best individuals I've seen play in the flesh

Just wondering.... Sanchez on "mega bucks" not playing as well as some of his team mates who were only on "half of mega bucks."

There might be a reason why, so we are told, Sean Dyche likes to have players on comparable money...

Also in the news, Gareth Bale £650k/week. According to his coach, he didn't want to travel with squad to Manchester today...

[Wuggawumphwumph]

Utterly disgusting. Horrible club man ure

[Firthy]

No sympathy for United. Was a stupid deal.

Fair do’s to Sanchez for taking the cut to get first team football.

Such a tragedy, having to settle for £9m so you can play the game you love. Yes, it is said with a hint of sarcasm. It's not aimed at you NewClaret, just the ridiculous amounts of money in todays football.

[frankinwales]

Hope he is paying lots of tax on this money.....

Up the Clarets...

[superdimitri]

You can bet that the 9m probably means he meets a lower tax bracket that's for sure.

[Giftonsnoidea]

Disgrace, couldn’t even be bothered to put a shift in on 560k a week, had a few years holiday at Man U’s expense

[Taffy on the wing]

What went wrong for him at Man Utd on the pitch? He looked a top player at Arsenal. Definitely one of the best individuals I've seen play in the flesh

He's about 40 yrs old is what went wrong!
If he hasn't lied about his age i'd be surprised.

[Bosscat]

And people go on about Gibson ...

Bloody hell Sanchez takes £300k a week pay cut ... now he's only on £200k a week .... poor little lamb....

[timshorts]

Yes, wondered about that myself.
Just seemed to fade out of the picture.
Maybe injured?

He had problems with balance when he came back after injury at arsenal. His head had got so big that his centre of gravity was in his neck.

[conyoviejo]

The more money Utd lose the better. Horrible club,horrible fans.

[cricketfieldclarets]

What went wrong for him at Man Utd on the pitch? He looked a top player at Arsenal. Definitely one of the best individuals I've seen play in the flesh

£675k a week on top of an already huge bank balance and a reasonable trophy cabinet.

Almost certainly motivation was the problem.

Inter fans seem happy to have signed him despite the fact he hasnt done too much. Was a brilliant player on his day but I dont think it was injury or even attitude. Just motivation the minute he signed a contract worth about £30m

[Buxtonclaret]

Wonder if he'd have missed a couple of weeks wages and bunged it over the City to Droylsden. Would have seen them through a while longer.