{"id":4799,"date":"2019-08-14T15:08:02","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T15:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2026-07-09T17:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:33:42","slug":"manchester-united-are-still-trying-to-get-rid-of-alexis-sanchez-but-even-paying-a-chunk-of-his-500000-per-week-wages-isnt-attracting-any-interest-and-they-now-face-him-sticking-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2019\/08\/14\/manchester-united-are-still-trying-to-get-rid-of-alexis-sanchez-but-even-paying-a-chunk-of-his-500000-per-week-wages-isnt-attracting-any-interest-and-they-now-face-him-sticking-around\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United are STILL trying to get rid of Alexis Sanchez &#8211; but even paying a chunk of his \u00a3500,000-per-week wages isn&#8217;t attracting any interest &#8211; and they now face him sticking around"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Alexis Sanchez has suffered a huge fall from grace at Manchester United<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Much was made of the Chile international&#8217;s move from rivals Arsenal in 2018<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>But he has scored just a measly five goals for United since his transfer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><strong>Now Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is desperate to get rid of the 30-year-old forward\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The biggest problem facing Manchester United right now is the future of out-of-favour forward Alexis Sanchez.<a id=\"mol-94aece90-be86-11e9-be29-ab2371cec133\" class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/alexis_sanchez\/index.html\">\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">With a measly five goals to his name after signing from Arsenal in January 2018, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is desperate to get rid but a whole host of problems currently face him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As much as United want to move the forward on, suitors are hard to come by with Roma currently the only club interested.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-7888c5ed4bb73f68\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/12\/17267120-7355899-image-a-4_1565781267618.jpg\" alt=\"Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is desperate to get rid of Alexis Sanchez\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is desperate to get rid of Alexis Sanchez<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-5901d49f4896d822\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/12\/17267388-7355899-image-a-11_1565781769191.jpg\" alt=\"The forward arrives at Carrington ahead of United training on Wednesday morning\" width=\"634\" height=\"448\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">The forward arrives at Carrington ahead of United training on Wednesday morning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"mol-33cc21c0-be83-11e9-be29-ab2371cec133\" class=\"art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS sport\" data-version=\"2\" data-permabox-url=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-7355899\/The-Alexis-Sanchez-problem-Manchester-United-boss-Ole-Gunnar-Solskjaer-wants-rid.html\">\n<h3 class=\"mol-factbox-title\">SANCHEZ AT MAN UTD<\/h3>\n<div class=\"ins cleared mol-factbox-body\">\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"class\"><span class=\"mol-style-italic\">*Since signing in January 2018*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Appearances<\/span>: 45<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Goals<\/span>: 5<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Assists<\/span>: 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Yellows<\/span>: 5<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><span class=\"mol-style-bold\">Minutes played<\/span>: 2,781<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"socialContainer-1Yly1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But\u00a0it\u00a0isn&#8217;t just a case of Sanchez, who\u00a0suffered a hamstring injury in early July while playing for Chile in the Copa America, moving\u00a0abroad. They need to find a club that can afford him but they have struggled to so far.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The willingness to give him \u00a3500,000-per-week on arrival from Arsenal in January 2018 has screwed them over in the long-run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">United have reluctantly accepted they will have to fund part of his staggering \u00a3500,000-per-week wages or pay him off if he moves away on loan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">As well as finding it hugely difficult to sell, the hastiness to throw money at Sanchez has messed up the club&#8217;s whole wage structure and that was evident from talks with Ander Herrera and David de Gea.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-34395a36311f9b22\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/12\/17267116-7355899-image-a-5_1565781481213.jpg\" alt=\"Sanchez has struggled massively at United, scoring five times since signing in January 2018\" width=\"634\" height=\"423\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Sanchez has struggled massively at United, scoring five times since signing in January 2018<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-25101d5baade74a6\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/12\/17267118-7355899-image-a-6_1565781506431.jpg\" alt=\"United's willingness to pay the Chile international \u00a3500,000-per-week has backfired\" width=\"634\" height=\"433\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">United&#8217;s willingness to pay the Chile international \u00a3500,000-per-week has backfired<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Meanwhile, if United are forced to keep him, the 30-year-old will probably have to settle for a spot on the bench under Solskjaer, who will likely use him in the League Cup, Europa League and FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">And Solskjaer, who took over permanently at Old Trafford at the end of March, hinted that this would be the case for Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">When asked if more players could go before the European transfer window closes on September 2, he replied: &#8216;There might be yes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The thing is it&#8217;s not about who we don&#8217;t want here, it&#8217;s about who we want here and you&#8217;re going to see that in the team selections and who&#8217;s going to be with us in the long run.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b0932429ad365dd5\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/12\/17267386-7355899-image-a-13_1565781801477.jpg\" alt=\"If he can't move on, Sanchez will be used on the substitutes bench under Solskjaer\" width=\"634\" height=\"437\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">If he can&#8217;t move on, Sanchez will be used on the substitutes bench under Solskjaer<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-b4716044389988ea\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/12\/17267018-7355899-image-a-10_1565781566821.jpg\" alt=\"It has emerged Sanchez was involved in a training-ground bust-up with Mason Greenwood\" width=\"634\" height=\"587\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">It has emerged Sanchez was involved in a training-ground bust-up with Mason Greenwood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sanchez&#8217;s United career was plunged further into the darkness after it emerged he was involved in a training-ground bust-up with Mason Greenwood &#8211; a player Solskjaer is fond of &#8211; during pre-season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">According to the Sun, Sanchez was furious at being tackled, particularly after having suffered hamstring injuries before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Sanchez knows that Greenwood is also going to become a more regular feature in the United team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The 17-year-old was a second half substitute in United&#8217;s first Premier League game of the season on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">While it can&#8217;t be ruled out that Sanchez will go this summer, it requires a club to be willing to pay a hefty chunk of his huge wages, United to pay the rest and the player himself to accept a move that will likely be a step down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"artSplitter mol-img-group\">\n<div class=\"mol-img\">\n<div class=\"image-wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c1541c80d5088800\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/08\/14\/12\/17267056-7355899-image-a-7_1565781553804.jpg\" alt=\"Much was made of his arrival from Arsenal but he has failed to live up to expectations\" width=\"634\" height=\"446\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Much was made of his arrival from Arsenal but he has failed to live up to expectations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>source:dailymail<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexis Sanchez has suffered a huge fall from grace at Manchester United Much was made of the Chile international&#8217;s move from rivals Arsenal in 2018 But he has scored just a measly five goals for United since his transfer Now Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is desperate to get rid of the 30-year-old forward\u00a0 The biggest problem [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":4800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_post_source_name":"","_post_source_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6409],"tags":[1374,188,285,7572,7960,189,167,84,8240,9505,5984,11638,9643,3577,4773,3360,12234,11525,11294,10954,5205,7225,11252,115,8258,5612,170,190,13256,267,6776,268,7333,5374,6348,10333,3954,594],"class_list":["post-4799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-alexis","tag-alexis-sanchez","tag-arsenal","tag-carrington","tag-case","tag-chile","tag-david-de-gea","tag-de-gea","tag-europa-league","tag-european","tag-fa-cup","tag-forced","tag-fund","tag-future","tag-gea","tag-greenwood","tag-host","tag-injuries","tag-injury","tag-international","tag-july","tag-loan","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-united","tag-mason-greenwood","tag-money","tag-old-trafford","tag-ole-gunnar-solskjaer","tag-players","tag-premier-league","tag-roma","tag-sanchez","tag-summer","tag-sun","tag-us","tag-wages","tag-will","tag-who"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52028,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions\/52028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}