There you are tonight in a vital game for both sides in the championship.

So what we've done is we've got a guy here who is on his way to the game like it's Cardiff Center back Soul Bamber.

Welcome to transfer toe.

Yes, we literally dragged him in off the street into the studio today.

Hello to those of you watching on YouTube as well.

Adiala Depot is with us as well.

A bit later on, he'll be with soul at the sky pad, plenty to get through.

We are starting today with Manchester United on strong words from Ali gonna so sha on Alexis Sanchez.

Now he's currently on a season long loan in Tamerlan, but it seems the forward does have a future at the club If there is something out there than, uh, the club pursuing that on looking at it.

And of course, it is difficult.

Least the difficult window has always been.

I can't remember how many Gooden's we've brought in in ah, good deals that were brought in January's.

You know, Henrik was get pneumonia and Petraeus there, too, to get once, and it was alone sanction.

I'm talking.

Ah, I'm talking about.

It's hard.

It's very hard because some of the the clubs don't wanna lose the best players.

So Alexis will come back in the summer and prove prove us all wrong.

Well, that said to the United training ground and join our reporter James Cooper.

James, you were in that news conference.

Very interesting comments then from social.

Was anyone expecting that?

No, I didn't think there was an element surprise there, but I think there's a long way between Allah gonna social saying something like that.

And Alexis Sanchez ever pulling on the red of Manchester United again.

He hasn't been a huge success over into Milan.

I think he's had problems.

They had injury problems.

First and foremost.

I think he's played something like 214 minutes since that loan spell started.

I think degree of surprises well, that United didn't have a recall clause built into that deal.

That would have made life may be a little bit easier bearing in mind.

Of course, they'd lost Marcus Ration.

They're struggling to get a replacement in in this window, but I think you know what more is Ali gonna sell?

She are expected to say there was surprised when he talked about Sanchez there, and he said, Look, he's gonna prove you wrong I think, you know, if United to trying to get a market for him, clubs to baby purchase him in the summer, then they can't be talking him down.

So I think there's an awful lot of reasons while the Gazelle she said what he said.

But I'd be more surprised if Alexis Sanchez made a success of his career at Manchester United.

It really would be a huge U turn for him.

What about potential incoming?

So, James, will they get Bruno Fernandez over the line by Friday night?

Yeah, I think I'd like to try and do that, but I think it's also still a substantial gap between what they want to pay him.

What Sporting Lisbon one.

I think that's perhaps natural in negotiations.

I know there is a kind of school of thought from a lot of Manchester United fans that said Go and do the business, but I think you know they're equally some of the same Manchester United fans who criticized the club for paying over the odds for players united No they have to do that.

They are trying to do some hard bargaining on this because of course they know the player wants to come and they know the Sporting Lisbon wants to do a deal.

So he has all the hallmarks of going right down to the wire, This one.

And certainly when you hear what are you gonna social staying about, not rushing into deals, getting the right player that Bruno Fernandez is someone who will be stronger, social himself has said, you know he scored is gonna be better coming out of the window that was going in.

They've lost Ashley Young.

They need some more bodies in there.

Britta Fernandez certainly raises the ante on that.

I think there was one.

A little note of caution when I talked about a search for a striker.

Again, They are searching.

They are scouring.

I don't think it's gonna be Islam Slimani.

I think he's someone has been mentioned and looked at, but I think also pretty much discarded by Manchester United as an option.

I think the problem is, as I've said before, they were trying to get players.

Maybe they had a summer kind of targets and bring them in early.

That isn't happening.

It's a tough market, only gonna soldier there with only a very few examples of what United done well in the January window.

So Bruno Fernandez is a deal that can be done, perhaps will be done.

But in terms of getting a striker, I think that's far less certain right now.

And James was a little bit of confusion amongst other news outlets this morning over a player arrival at the United training Ground.

Just explain what happened there.

Yeah, there's been a lot of excitement and confusion last half hour about the speculation that Sandberg, of course, gangs midfielder, has been linked with a move to share for United.

Turning up at Carrington.

There was certainly a big car that arrived, and certainly a player that looked a little bit like Sandberg were told.

It isn't him at all.

Sandberg isn't in Manchester.

He isn't it Carrington.

He isn't having a medical.

The gentleman that was there is a 15 year old goalkeeper that Manchester United are looking at and perhaps might perhaps potentially sign on and bring into the football club.

But not Sandberg.

He's not signing for Manchester United.

He's not an option for Manchester United, and it certainly isn't happen this morning.

A little bit sorry for the poor guy that is here.

Who's now know for not being Sandberg.

James, Thank you very much.

Very unfortunate, isn't it?

For that, That young man there who were arrived at the Manchester training ground, who people thought was some numbers, but it's like it was 15 maybe 15 minutes.

Daniel's got in such a day, saying, I'm happy to hear what Ali has said about Alexis Sanchez still having a united future.

I just want Sanchez to succeed and be happy and be a united player.

Remember, you can get in touch with this hashtag transfer talk at Sky Sports News.

So remember, welcome to the show.

And thank you very much for coming in today.

I mean, it seemed to surprise a lot of people.

What are we gonna social said there about length?

Alexis Sanchez seems having a future still at Manchester United.

Can you see an opportunity where he might come back?

I understand the surprise because I'm surprised myself if I'm honest because obviously, when you got the club for a reason, um went on loan injury problem as well.

It still contracted by my United's work, and I understand where he's coming from.

I think is the reason why you left in the first place so I can understand why the fund will be surprised.

Now, would he be happy?

Do you think hearing Social say this is a player out online?

Yeah, definitely.

Because is loading up on walk on the minute he went in Italy to get Footstar and to be discovered again.

Fortunately, injury didn't help.

And I'm sure if you play when you hear your manager saying you're definitely gonna be happy about it, United fans can get in touch with this.

Hashtag transferred to look at Sky Sports news.

What do you think they'll make of this today?

Well, I know you read one out a second ago, but the majority of tweets I've seen haven't been so kind to Alexis Sanchez has been trending since this news broke since we heard from only gonna social a little while ago on Sky sports news.

But just to give you a little taster flecked united someone we've had on the show before, a couple of weeks ago, he tweeted saying This is a joke.

We can't sign anyone.

In January, when asked about it, Ali says that a player he didn't want will come back in the summer and proved people wrong.

This is madness.

Rance, who also part the United Stand Fan channel, has said he has muted the words Ali at the Social and O.

G s and Mark Gold but also from the United Stand, said Missing out on place to Leeds, obviously referring to that striker from our be light sig and offering centers a chance to resurrect his career United next season is just another day at Manchester United.

I think a lot of fans not happy.

I think majority of fans probably thought they'd seen the last of Alexis Sanchez.

Any and Isis show they didn't really work out for him.

He was came in from our stars, a proper game changer, really and then made three goals in 32 Premier League appearances for Manchester United.

I think it's really interesting pick up what Soul was saying about the injuries.

Alexis Sanchez only just turned 31.

He's played more than 500 games already in his career and think about it He's a high energy player and he was going away.

The travelers well of good playing Here's basic.

Playing a full season in the Copper America, full season, workout forces international tournament and sure soul tell you how much that takes it out of you, especially this type of player.

Alexis Sanchez is on.

These injury problems only really started in 2018 because this is a ll catching up with Alexis Sanchez.

It's hardly surprises only started one game into the season because of these injury problems, but there was a one heck of a player that, but all he hasn't given up on it.

I'm a desperation, but then you've got the other side of it, which is, well, why did you let him go in the first place?

And I think it's interesting what Saul Shar says.

He says he will come back, improve you all wrong.

But this is the guy who loaned him out to enter maligned in the first place.

We just got back on something what you said that he's 31 years old now.

We heard James Cooper talking.

They're mentioning players that have been linked with players.

It could be interested with Islam.

Slimani has been mentioned.

James said, that that won't be happening.

The other one was audience a gallon?

No, with all due respect to those two there, no in the league and never have been in the same league as Alexis Sanchez years, only 31.

Yes, he hasn't put a lot football yet.

It's had engine problems.

But when that as desperate as they are for a striker right now or potentially again in the summer, What's wrong with giving Alexis sign chairs?

Who's earning all that money from the club?

Given him another second chance.

It's a soul because, I mean Anton talked about the amount of travel in a player's international career of travel.

Quite a lot of your international career.

How much does that take out?

Yeah, it's very, very difficult and is demanding you plain weekend.

We cow, you go play for the national team, traveling as well on before the body is never.

It's never easy, and I think, especially when your top player like Alex Sanchez alibi explode.

Expressivity is quick, you know, and everything.

So if you travel in law and you didn't recover and come back and play games is always gonna be injury prone, and it's unfortunate for him.

But I do think united find confusing because one minute this is the place we don't want a player.

The next minute we want Amigo future.

And I think that's where United as a club have to come out and be clear about it and said like That's the way we want to go about it.

We going forward this way and the baby's the fun would be up your llama, Same as a squad player.

You know he is, That is, that is untrue prints.

But they've got that front to nail did in Martinez and Lukaku on.

They're trying to sign another striker a swell this this month.

So it's not that they seem.

Is that the same?

Really?

So it's so why Manchester United all of a sudden seeing him is this.

Why is it when Manchester United trying sign a player he's always going to be the savior bait Fernandez, the creative savior Maguire the defensive savior?

It must be tiring for Manchester United fans to have his desperate need for these positions re single transfer window.

Okay, well, you can have your say.

Jason's got in touch with us, says Maybe Sanchez will prove us all wrong.

Maybe I will win the lottery.

The odds are pretty much the same.

That's from Jason on K P 20 Mufc says Face it, Sanchez is done at this level, it's not happening.

Hey, won't get his Arsenal form back doesn't mean he's completely useless, Thank you, but it is a step back.

That's from K P there.

So keep your thoughts coming into this hashtag transfer talk.

I'm sure we're gonna be talking much more about Manchester United over the next few days as we get closer to the transfer deadline.

Time for the latest headlines with State of play His M o Yeah, PSB and Tottenham have agreed a fee for winger Steven Burg.

Fine staying with PSB.

They have raised their offer for Crystal Palace.

Left back Patrick Van on hold.

Flamingo boss George Jesus says the club confidence they keep hold of Arsenal target Pablo Marie Norwegian international midfielder Sandy Berger has told Yankee wishes to leave the club before Friday's transfer deadline with Sheffield United favorites to sign him.

Slavia Prague have given midfielder Thomas suit check mission to travel to London for medical further contract negotiations with West Ham.

Former Newcastle players out of an offer, signed a six month deal with Rail via delete.

Thank you very much.

Still to come this morning.

We're going live to West Ham.

Will there be news on incomings?

Their big developments at top?

None today.

Details on the way.

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