No one predicted Arsenal's Alexis Sanchez and Manchester United's Henrikh Mkhitaryan would be swapping clubs in this January transfer window, yet one of the most intriguing deals in Premier League history is about to be confirmed.
[img]http://www.ravensshopfootball.com/images//nike_nfl_jerseys/tshi... weeks of rumour, innuendo and cynicism surrounding a transfer that has been agreed without a single penny being exchanged between the two clubs has thrown up a host of contentious issues, so here is an Independent.ie guide to Kurt Warner Youth jersey a deal that has inspired debate far beyond football circles.
There has been a mixture of horror, anger and bemusement over the suggestion that Sanchez will become the first Premier League player [url=http://www.steelersnflofficialproshop.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_ARTIE_BURNS_JERSEY.h... to collect half a million pounds for every week of his four-and-a-half year contract at Manchester United, but let’s put some flesh onto that bare bone of information.
Even at the age of 29, a player of Sanchez’s quality and standing in the game would command a transfer fee in excess of £75m in the current inflated transfer market, yet his status as a free transfer as his Arsenal contract comes to an end in June changes the boundaries on this deal in an instant.
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The combined fee from all aspects of his contract may mean he is earning the equivalent of £500,000-a-week until the summer of 2022, but this is no ordinary sporting transaction.Players of Sanchez’s status are rarely available on free transfers and that perfect storm has allowed the player and his advisers to cash in on the move of a lifetime.
There have been reports that Paul Pogba and United's highest profile stars will resent Sanchez’s status as the new star of Old Trafford, but that is unlikely to concern manager Jose Mourinho.
If Pogba has a contract that ensures he enjoys wages parity with United’s top earner, his weekly salary will rise to ... match that of Sanchez’s and yet it is likely that Old Trafford chiefs have been shrewd enough not to break their wage structure to get this deal over the line.
Sanchez is likely to be earning a basic wage comparable to that of his United team-mates and if there is a disparity, that will be because he was signed as a free transfer and was therefore arriving under different circumstances compared to Pogba, David De Gea or Romelu Lukaku. [url=http://www.authenticcheapjerseysfromchina.us.com]cheap jerseys 90 wholesale jerseys usa wholesale mlb jerseys nfl jerseys cheap cheap jerseys usa