Jose Mourinho has told Alexis Sanchez he won’t play for Manchester United again until his attitude improves. Sanchez did not even make the bench for Saturday’s 3-1 defeat at West Ham despite having to travel to London.
The £505,000-a-week striker was left to watch grim-faced in the stands. But boss Mourinho had already torn a strip off him before the game. Mourinho is fed up with the surly Chilean constantly questioning his tactics.
Sanchez has been moaning all season not just to the manager but also to team-mates. He told Mourinho he was not getting enough game time after being subbed in his last three appearances.
The ex-Arsenal man, 29, was also left on the bench for the Champions League win away to Young Boys of Berne. Sanchez has been whingeing about how he is being played by United and how Manchester City would have played him.
But a large section of the United faithful have grown fed up with his lacklustre displays. They were also angered when he plugged his clothing range on social media the day after the club lost to Brighton in August. The backlash was so strong he took the post down.
Manchester United’s Jose Mourinho believes that all his players give the best every single time.
Alexis Sanchez has reportedly thrown a strop after his surprise axing for the club’s loss to West Ham at the weekend. The Chile international travelled to London but did not make the matchday squad as United lost to The Hammers and this supposedly went down pretty badly.
That’s according to the Daily Mirror, who claim Sanchez made his feelings clear by sulking his way through the game from the stands and also indicated as much to his former Arsenal teammate Lucas Perez when getting the chance to chat with him.
The report even suggests that Sanchez gave the impression to Perez that he regrets joining United after his move from the Emirates Stadium back in January.
It was one of the biggest stories of the season at the time, given how he snubbed the soon-to-be champions of England, Manchester City, for a switch to Old Trafford. But he’s proven a massive disappointment for the Reds and rightly lost his place in the side at the weekend.
However, who would have leaked such information about Sanchez regretting his move to United? That’s the big question here or perhaps the Mirror got slightly ahead of themselves when writing the report?
That’s a massive acquisition and one Sanchez should publicly deny if it’s incorrect. Otherwise, he’s playing a tough game to win over United fans.
Report says Sanchez held a lengthy conversation with his former Arsenal teammate Lucas Perez, who joined the Hammers in the summer, in the London Stadium tunnel and now feels he joined the wrong club. Sanchez caused disharmony during the latter period of his Arsenal career, falling out with and criticising his teammates and he was said to have left nothing to the imagination with his antics on Saturday after learning of Mourinho’s decision. ‘For many months people are asking for Martial, Martial, Martial,’ said Mourinho after the match, explaining his decision to axe Sanchez and hand the France international a rare Premier League start. ‘For many months people are saying Alexis Sanchez is not playing well enough. So this week was time to agree and to say, let’s give a chance to Martial and let’s leave Alexis out.’
It has thrown further question marks over Mourinho’s relationship with the rest of his players. The performance against the Hammers was telling with the players barely putting up a fight for the beleaguered boss. And the Mirror report that Sanchez could be one of those who leaves the club in pursuit of a new challenge. United are paying him a whopping £500,000-a-week but have seen no return on the huge investment with Sanchez struggling to fit into Mourinho’s style of play.