Solskjaer: Sanchez Will Be Important For Man United This Season
Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has refused to give up on struggling Chilean Alexis Sanchez.
Having joined the Red Devils from Arsenal in 2018 in a swap deal that saw Henrikh Mkhitaryan move the opposite way, Sanchez has failed to live up to expectations.
Failing to impress at the Old Trafford for his £560,000 a week, many have opted for the sale of the former Barcelona winger, but Solskjaer has insisted the 30-year-old will play an important role in his squad in the new Premier League season.
“Alexis is such a professional and he comes in working every single day really hard and he wants to be a part of this,” said Solskjaer.
“These stories that he's been put in the reserves? Of course he hasn't, he's part of our squad and he is a really good player.
“He has had three weeks now, so he's a few weeks behind the rest but close to being part of it.
“We don't have the biggest forward line in numbers so Alexis might end up playing a lot more games than you expect because we expect him to come good at this club, he's quality.
“We've had a behind closed doors game, he's training, a little bit of extras.
“He'll be gradually integrated into more playing time, but we'll have more behind closed doors games and with only one (competitive) game a week it's hard to keep players ticking. We are arranging a few of them.”
Following a torrid season with Manchester United last season, Alexis featured just twenty times in the Premier League, scoring just a goal with three assists.
