INTER MILAN-bound Alexis Sanchez didn’t interact with any of his Manchester United team-mates – except Romelu Lukaku. The Chile international, 30, touched down in Milan on Wednesday night to complete his season-long loan deal with the Serie A side. According to The Athletic, a source at United has revealed he would only chat with Lukaku […]
INTER MILAN-bound Alexis Sanchez didn’t interact with any of his Manchester United team-mates – except Romelu Lukaku.
The Chile international, 30, touched down in Milan on Wednesday night to complete his season-long loan deal with the Serie A side.
According to The Athletic, a source at United has revealed he would only chat with Lukaku – snubbing his other team-mates.
Sanchez has performed dreadfully since swapping Arsenal for United in January 2018 – with his form seemingly dropping off a cliff.
Now, reports claim Sanchez kept himself to himself at Old Trafford, save for Lukaku – who also joined Inter this summer, in a £73million deal.
It was a similar story for Sanchez at the Gunners, too, with a source reportedly once calling him a “pain in the a**e”, who “did not have friends at Arsenal”.
The source revealed: “He was one of those players who, if we won 1-0 and he had not scored, would come into the dressing room and kick things.
“If he’d scored twice but we’d lost, he’d be absolutely fine. He did not mix with the players.
“He rarely, if ever, came into the players’ lounge after games.”
Sanchez’s relationship with players and staff at United was always strained – particularly as his £505,000-a-week wages were publicly revealed.
The sky-high wages alienated him somewhat, with Paul Pogba even taking offence, as agent Mino Raiola stating his anger at the pay-gap.
Sanchez most-recently played for the club in a behind-closed-doors friendly against Sheffield United.
Youngsters Andreas Pereira, Mason Greenwood and Angel Gomes led United to a 3-1 win, but Sanchez again failed to score.
In all, Sanchez has scored just THREE goals in 32 matches for the Red Devils, going at 641 minutes per goal – a far cry from his time at Arsenal.
With the Chilean all-but gone, it’s fair to assume he won’t be missed at Carrington… and that Sanchez won’t miss Manchester.
Particularly as he will be linking up with his one friend, Lukaku…
