I think if he absolutely wants to go to Real, we should drop the pursuit. Fantastic player and all, but I wonder if it's a dead investment, to conjure up 40 or so m for a player who we hope will run our team for the next decade, but he continues to have stars in his eyes, and dreams of Real. I dont want us to spend all this money and then three years later he requests a transfer. We might make a profit on a sale, but I'm worried we'll build our attack around him and then are destabilised again. Of course, all hypothetical, but just hope this doesn't become a Cristiano like saga. Sanchez just seems more practical. Not to mention versatile. Of course, I believe this 45m needs to be spent on other areas of the pitch, but that's another story altogether. Good move for business nonetheless.