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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
The worst part of the Sanchez debacle for United is it seemed pretty clear he was only going there for money from the start. I suppose you could never expect him to fall this far off the cliff, but it was always fraught with huge risk.
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Its not even just the risk that his performance wouldnt merit his wages, which was an issue, they made it a systemic problem.
Players who were outperforming him were pointing at his wages and using it as their benchmark, as was their right. Its always dangerous having a hugely compensated player who isnt worth his money.
De Gea is a good example. Despite having a poor season by his standards he still played far better and a far more important role in the squad and when it came time to renegotiate his wages who does he point the finger at? Sanchez.
Sanchez became a problem for the dressing room, the manager and the boardroom and as with any negotiation another team sees United as dealing from a position of weakness because they want to dump this guy so he isnt around anymore, so they're going to squeeze every Euro they can out of the deal.
He simply isnt worth what hes paid to any prospective buyer, United wont like it but then it depends on how badly they want him gone.
City did the same thing for years overpaying underperforming players and wound up just letting them sit because no other team was ever going to come close to the wages they were getting until circumstances changed.
United's option is to keep him, but his wage packet, by existence alone, is dragging everyone else's up making the problem worse.