Man Utd take unusual step of confirming Alexis Sanchez transfer news on official website

MANCHESTER UNITED have taken the unusual step of confirming their interest in Alexis Sanchez on their official club website.
United boss Jose Mourinho has previously insisted he doesn’t like speaking about other club’s players.

In 2015, when asked about Paul Pogba, he said: “I can’t speak about a Juventus player. I know Allegri was all summer speaking about Oscar and Ramires, but I don’t do that.”

But today Manchester United published a story on their site whereby Mourinho is doing just that.

While other clubs tend to keep quiet when transfer negotiations are underway, United clearly do not.

The headline of the story today reads “Jose: We have a chance to sign Sanchez” and features quotes from the Chilean superstar.
Mourinho goes on to say: ”I am not confident, but also not unconfident. Just relaxed and we have the feeling that he is an Arsenal player.

“We have the feeling that he can stay there. But also the feeling that he can move and if he moves, I think we have a chance.

“But, I think most probably, a player like him has other big clubs interested. Who knows? I think him, Mr Wenger and Mr Gazidis [Arsenal’s chief executive], I think they know really what is going to happen.

“I have no idea to be honest. Today I was completely separate from all of that. I was focused on my match and not worried about anything else other than the match.

“I’m not going to speak about hypothetical situations, he is an Arsenal player and he can be an Arsenal player. But I feel I shouldn’t speak about him because he is an Arsenal player.”
Chelsea last night attempted to hijack Manchester United’s deal for Alexis Sanchez as Manchester City pulled out of the running for the Arsenal striker.

United still believe they will land Sanchez after matching the Gunners’ valuation of £35million, with Henrikh Mkhitaryan likely to be thrown into a cash plus player deal.



But Chelsea boss Antonio Conte’s sudden interest gave a new twist to the saga.

United are understood to have offered him £300,000 a week – or £15m a year. Those sort of figures ensured City went cold on a player for whom they bid £60m last summer.
Etihad sources insist they were not prepared to go to those levels when the player becomes a free agent in the summer.

However, Sanchez’s desperation to quit the Emirates and United’s resolve to gazump their neighbours has played into Arsenal’s hands. It means that Sanchez will not be reuniting with Pep Guardiola, who took him to Barcelona from Udinese in 2011.

City have decided to stick to their guns and Guardiola was in full agreement, especially with Gabriel Jesus expected to be fit again next month.

Source:www.express.co.uk