Ray Parlour Slams Sanchez For Man United Exit Comments
Former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour has slammed Alexis Sanchez after the Chilean revealed he wanted to leave Manchester United just after his first training session at the club.
Sanchez snubbed a less lucrative offer from Manchester City and moved to Old Trafford from the Gunners in a swap deal involving Henrikh Mkhitaryan in January 2018, and was quickly made the highest earner at the club.
However, the former Barcelona forward failed to replicate his blistering Arsenal form at his new club and was quickly made a scapegoat for Manchester United’s struggles.
Sanchez scored just five goals in 45 appearances for United before he was sent out on loan to Inter Milan for the 2019/2020 season.
The 31-year-old’s switch to the San Siro was made permanent last month after finding some much needed form under Antonio Conte.
Parlour, who won three Premier League titles with Arsenal, has not taken Sanchez’s comments lightly and has criticised the former Emirates Stadium favourite.
“If he really wanted to join Man City, why didn’t he cut his wages down and say, ‘I’ll sign for £250,000-a-week’? Surely he can live on £250,000-a-week?" Parlour told talkSPORT.
“He got £560,000-a-week when he went to Manchester United. That’s scary.
“How can you say, as a player, when you turn up to a club you want to leave the next day?
“That’s not right. That mentality should not be in a footballer.
“You should say, ‘it’s Manchester United, one of the biggest clubs in the world, and I’ve got to fight for my position and make sure I try to perform like I did at Arsenal’.
“It might be a different style of football, it might not suit him, but you’ve got to try and win the fans over, the players over – everybody over. And that is what he didn’t do.”
