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What Man Utd boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has thought about Alexis Sanchez since day one
MANCHESTER UNITED boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has never been keen on Alexis Sanchez since he at Old Trafford, reports say.
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Manchester United boss Solskjaer has failed to coax the best from Sanchez during his time as Red Devils manager, with the Chile international finding the net just once since January.
The 30-year-old has struggled to sparkle ever since touching down from Arsenal in January 2018.
On Monday, it was claimed Sanchez had had a heated training ground argument with United youngster Mason Greenwood following a tackle made on him.
And, now, The Sun claim Solskjaer has not been keen on Sanchez since day one, with the now United boss having watched on from afar.
And Sanchez was reportedly a negative influence during the days Jose Mourinho ruled the Old Trafford roost.
Solskjaer has planned for the future without Sanchez in mind.
But whether United are able to find a possible suitor for their struggling star is something only time will tell.
Chile legend Ivan Zamarano recently urged the United star to leave, saying: “What's best for [Sanchez] is to play - wherever he can, be it at Manchester United or any other team.
"The important thing is for him to be constantly competing.
“I talk from my experience. Sometimes when you're abroad and you're not playing, it is hard to regain the level.”
Whereas Sanchez’s days at Old Trafford appear to be numbered, Greenwood’s are just starting.
The 17-year-old impressed on the club’s pre-season tour, finding the net in matches against Leeds United and Inter Milan.
And he is primed to play a prominent role this coming campaign.
Solskjaer rates him highly and recently backed him to fill the void left by Romelu Lukaku’s recent departure to Inter.
“Of course Rom [Lukaku] has a good record and stats he’s one of the top number nines around when you wanna play with that kind of striker, target man,” admitted Solskjaer.
“For me I’m very confident that we’ll get goals from Martial, Rashford, James will create, I’m sure Jesse Lingard will get more.
“We have a different attacking set-up this month. Towards the end of last season we didn’t score a lot of goals and you do think players will have an impact and Mason Greenwood pathway would have been a lot more different if we had another forward there.
“And I believe Mason is going to be playing and involved a lot and when he is he’s going to score goals.”