Alexis Sanchez was sensational at Arsenal – but Jamie Carragher thinks the North Londoners sold him at the right time.
The Chilean was sent to Old Trafford in January, as part of a swap deal that saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan head the other way.
Sanchez has failed to show the ability that made him one of the Premier League’s brightest stars at the Emirates, and has struggled under new boss Jose Mourinho.
Prominent pundit Jamie Carragher agrees. Writing in his Daily Telegraph column, the former Liverpool centre-half said:
Sanchez has not been the same player for longer than that. The more I watch him in a Manchester United shirt, the more convinced I am his poor final year at Arsenal was not due to a declining team or loss of motivation as he prepared to leave,
Sanchez’s best years have gone. He is to Manchester United what Fernando Torres was to Chelsea.
I witnessed this with Torres, a player who rose to world-class status but then lost his explosive pace and could never get it back. I see history repeating itself with Sanchez. He looks like a footballer with too much mileage in his legs.
The former Red than offered some insight into what he and his Liverpool teammates thought when Torres left:
When Chelsea bid £50 million for Torres in January 2011 there was consternation among Liverpool supporters. Although we could never state it publicly at the time, there was general astonishment in our dressing room. We thought Chelsea had not been watching him for the previous 12 months. We knew Chelsea did not sign the player they thought.
Did Arsenal sell Sanchez at the right time? It seems so!
