In the most optimistic minds at Old Trafford, Alexis Sanchez will play for Manchester United at Burnley on Saturday. To do so, he'd have to complete his transfer from Arsenal by noon in the UK on Friday -- and the club's fax machine would have to be in working order.
Fans appear almost unanimous that this would be a positive signing. Sanchez is fast, strong, versatile and will boost a squad with some deficiencies. United chased him as long ago as 2011 and were prepared to make him the club's most expensive player. Back then, Barcelona and Manchester City also wanted him; Sanchez's order of preference was Barca, where he ended up, followed by United, then City.
He's finally set to arrive at Old Trafford and the deal is right, not only because the transfer fee is so small for a top-level player or that it prevents City getting one of their transfer targets. It's about the first time United have landed a blow on their cross-town rivals this season, though revision and distortion means the truth will be corrupted; football often does two or more versions of what is real.
Sanchez's reported wages and associated costs are huge and bear no relation to the reality that most people know. If they did, and ticket prices increased by 30 percent, then it would be an issue to fans, but barring Sevilla's Champions League policy, ticket prices have stopped going up even as football's wages have spiralled.
Player wages have long been eye watering. For example, my uncle Charlie, who played 162 times for United, accepted £100 a week to play in Colombia in 1950; he was on £11 a week at Old Trafford. The first person he told was legendary manager Sir Matt Busby, who responded: "Do they want a manager as well?"
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