Alexis Sanchez announced his arrival at Manchester United with a somewhat awkwardly-played rendition of ‘ Glory, Glory, Man Utd’ on a grand piano – they were the only right notes he was able to hit at the club.
As Manchester City were threatening to run beyond the Premier League horizon, United pipping them to Sanchez’s signature was expected to at least make the title race interesting. After-all, Mourinho coerced Sanchez to Old Trafford, despite the fact the Chilean’s former manager, Pep Guardiola, was offering him a spot at the forefront of a devastating City attack.
As Sanchez swapped Arsenal for United, misfiring United forward Henrikh Mkhitaryan moved in the other direction in a very rare swap deal between the two giants. It is a move where both clubs arguably lost.
