Alexis Sanchez recently opened up on his time at Manchester United and confessed he had previously been hoping to join Manchester City instead. The Chile international left Arsenal for Old Trafford back in the January transfer window of 2018. And he failed to live up to expectations, scoring just five goals before leaving for Inter Milan the following year.
Speaking recently, Sanchez opened up on his time at United by saying: "I was about to go to City. I spoke to Guardiola every day, he told me happy birthday.
"He was like my dad. He was my dad at Barcelona and he was like my dad at City.
"We talked, we talked every day, he sent me messages.
"And everything was ready, there was a player who was going to go to Arsenal.
"Then [Arsene] Wenger tells me you are not leaving because the other player did not want to come and they do not have another.
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"Suddenly the cell phone rings. Mourinho tells me: 'Alexis, here is the seven [shirt] available for you.’”
In the end, United failed to see the best from Sanchez. A player who had been expected to become a legend soon instead regressed into being a major flop.
And it was reported in 2019 that the Red Devils felt the Chile international flopped because the size of the club was simply too big for him.
Sanchez had previously been unstoppable at Arsenal, establishing himself as one of the best attackers in the Premier League.
He’d also done well at Udinese and Barcelona, too.