Draxler for Sanchez is not good business

A swap deal for Alexis Sanchez and Julian Draxler is expected to take place in the coming winter transfer window. This sounded quite ridiculous to me, the first time I heard it. Why would both clubs even want to go through with such a deal? It’s not a win-win transaction. Moreover it’s quite the opposite.

PSG who have a well formed attack in the form of Neymar, Cavani and Mbappe along with the presence of DiMaria and Lucas Moura in their squad, I’m failing to see just where Sanchez will fit in. The left flank is owned by Neymar and he won’t give it up. If Sanchez is to replace Cavani as the target man, PSG might as well forget having Cavani in their squad next season. If Mabappe is the person to make way for Sanchez, what’s the point of buying him for 135 million, next season? Also, Sanchez is not going to happy with either a bench role or playing second fiddle. Things would just get messed up.

Now, coming to Arsenal, What on earth are they thinking? The same problem, which PSG would face by signing Sanchez, will be faced by the Gunners, the only difference being that it’ll be in the midfield.

Already having players like Xhaka, Ramsey, Elneny and Ozil, which position would Draxler fit in? Arsenal are now playing in a 3-4-2-1 formation, which I believe is how they’ll continue in the future and if that’s the case, Draxler is definitely not the ideal replacement for Sanchez that Arsenal have been searching for the entire summer transfer window. He doesn’t score much like Sanchez. A total of 33 appearance in all competitions for PSG and only 11 goals? Hardly the replacement for Sanchez, if you ask me. Even for Schalke 04, for whom he played a total of 170 games, Draxler has scored only 30 goals. Also, with the incoming of Draxler, players like Walcott, Iwobi and Giroud who only play most of their games as substitutes, will find game time reduced even more and Arsenal will eventually end up losing more players.

Acquiring the services of Draxler will make sense only if he’s going to replace Ozil. If Wenger doesn’t sell Ozil and Draxler is going to be a part of either his front 3 or midfield 2, Wenger can surely say goodbye to a couple of his experienced players.