Alexis Sanchez
Manchester United cut their losses on Alexis Sanchez on Thursday as the Chilean joined Inter Milan on a 10-month loan deal with the English giants still on the hook for much of his reported £400,000 a week salary.
The Red Devils believed they were closing the gap on Manchester City when they beat their local rivals to the signature of Sanchez in January 2018.
Instead, during Sanchez’s stint in Manchester, he scored just five goals in 45 games as City won five major trophies, including back-to-back Premier League titles.
It was a remarkable fall from grace for a player who scored a goal nearly every two games in three-and-a-half seasons for Arsenal and 47 times in three years at Barcelona prior to that.
“I thought he would be a forward who would play all across the line, who scored goals and was tenacious, but he has been an absolute disaster,” said former United captain Gary Neville.
Lured in by not having to pay a transfer fee in a swap deal that sent Henrikh…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
