5 Clubs that should target Alexis Sanchez
By Stephen Fox
Manchester United
This one is very unlikely to happen, even more so than Sanchez heading to Chelsea and for good reasoning. While United do have depth in attack and have quality players for a first eleven, Jose Mourinho’s team have lacked goals this season with Zlatan Ibrahimovic being the only player capable of scoring goals and this over reliance on one player is not good for the team because if Zlatan goes out of form, has a bad game or gets injured, there is a serious problem for United in terms of where the goals are actually going to come for.
The addition of Sanchez would help with this problem, as Sanchez is capable of scoring goals by the dozen and similar to Chelsea, Sanchez would be an ideal Jose Mourinho player because of his work-rate. Mourinho likes his players on the wing to be able to track back and defend while also contributing in attack and this is exactly what Sanchez would provide United should he opt to follow in the footsteps of Robin Van Persie and make the move to Old Trafford.
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It does seem highly unlikely that United will go for Sanchez with them seemingly targeting Antoine Griezmann from Atletico Madrid but there are question marks over whether Griezmann would be the smartest option for United – there is no doubting his quality as a player and he would fit into a 4-3-2-1 formation that Mourinho likes to use but this formation does not get the best out of Paul Pogba as opposed to a three man midfield but you don’t get the best out of Griezmann upfront by himself nor out on the wing whereas neither of these are a problem for Alexis Sanchez who can operate very well up front or on the wing and while not only being cheaper to buy, he’d fit seemingly into United’s way of playing and should be a player that Jose Mourinho decides to seriously consider looking at.