Alexis Sanchez is not having a good time at Manchester United so far. In the weekend English Premier League clash against Chelsea he only got a few minutes playing time. Seemingly he is almost being dropped from Mourinho starting eleven.
Today as Manchester plan to face Juventus Mourinho has ruled out the availability of Alexis Sanchez.
Sanchez did not train with the United squad on Monday, after which Mourinho confirmed he would play no part at Old Trafford.
“The players you saw [training] are the players who are available,” Mourinho said. “Nothing to hide. Alexis is out.”
This is a blow to Alexis has recently he has not even proven his form for Manchester United. In goal scoring also Alexis has scored few goals with even less assists.
Sanchez had joined up with his United team-mates in the capital, rather than travelling up from Manchester.Mourinho also addressed captain Antonio Valencia’s omission from recent match-day squads.
“The reason was that he was 10 days without training, not an injury but he had a very complicated surgery on his mouth and he needed time to recover his level after that.”
One man who is back among the goals for United is Anthony Martial, and Mourinho feels his rise in form reflects a higher collective level of performance from the team.
“I think Martial is like the team, the team is playing fine, Martial is playing fine – it is easier for individuals to play when the team is playing well and vice versa.
“Anthony played in two matches where the team played really, scored five goals and he played well too.”
This comes as Manchester build up courage to face Juventus . But the team has hopes since Ronaldo will not be playing after being suspended. Ronaldo is also facing rape charges which has slowed down hi focus on the pitch.
