Manchester United midfielder Alexis Sanchez has urged his side to sign more quality players so that they can challenge for titles this season.
United has only made two summer signings so far ; Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk and Diogo Dalot from Porto. Ahead of Deadline Day on Thursday, Jose Mourinho still hopes to bolster his defensive ranks, with Leicester’s Harry Maguire and Bayern Munich’s Jerome Boateng both linked with a move to Old Trafford.
Sanchez insists United have to make “big signings”, with the Chilean highlighting Barcelona’s move for compatriot Vidal as an example of the quality the club should target.
“At United we have to sign big players, with experience,” Sanchez told Sky Sports. “Barcelona just signed Arturo Vidal, who is a great player and my team-mate from Chile. He is an example of the type of players we need to sign in order to win trophies and compete at the highest level. From what I’ve seen in training, Fred is a player who always wants to get forward, he is always trying to get forward and from a personal point of view I think we’ll be able to combine well and it will be good for my game.”
Sanchez admitted that he did not find his best form at Old Trafford after signing from Arsenal in a swap deal with Henrikh .
Sanchez is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a forward for the English club Manchester United and the Chile national team.
Sánchez began his career as a youth player for Cobreloa at age 17, completing a season at the club before relocating to Italy to play for Udinese in 2006. He won his first trophies in the following seasons, winning consecutive league titles in loans spells to Colo-Colo and River Plate. In 2008, he returned to Udinese, becoming an integral member of the team in his first full season at the club. After three fruitful seasons in Italy, Sánchez moved to Barcelona in a transfer worth €30 million (£25 million), becoming the most expensive Chilean player of all time.
In his first season at Barcelona, Sánchez starred in an attacking trio alongside Lionel Messi and David Villa, helping the club win the Copa del Rey, Supercopa de España, UEFA Super Cup, and FIFA Club World Cup. The trio scored a total of 82 goals the following season, as the club won the 2012–13 La Liga, as well as retaining the Supercopa de España, before Sánchez enjoyed his highest scoring return at the Blaugrana, ending the season with a total of 21 goals, and 14 assists. Following the high-profile arrival of Neymar in 2013, Sánchez transferred to Premier League side Arsenal in a deal worth £31.7 million (€35.8 million) a year later.
At Arsenal, Sánchez quickly established himself as the figurehead of the team, completing every season in England with double figures in both goals and assists. He also won the FA Community Shield, as well as the FA Cup on two occasions, scoring in both finals. In the 2016–17 season, Sánchez scored 30 goals and provided 14 assists, his best return as a professional footballer, while going onto being nominated for the FIFPro World XI. However, after lacking “inspiration” at the direction of the club, he signed for rivals Manchester United in a swap deal in 2018.
Popularly dubbed “El Niño Maravilla” (The Wonder Child), Sánchez has been a full international for Chile since 2006, and has earned 121 caps, making him the team’s most capped player of all-time.With 39 goals, he is the country’s all-time leading goalscorer.[11] He played in an instrumental role in allowing Chile to reach the final of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, while further leading the side to their first international victory at the 2015 Copa América, scoring the winning penalty in the final against Argentina.He later contributed to a repeat of this triumph, aiding in the side’s retention of the trophy at the Copa América Centenario
