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Why it didn't work out for Sanchez at Manchester United?
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Maybe he dropped the lid on his fingers and couldn’t play again. Morale gone!
Title is self-explained.
Sanchez was a painful memory for our club, and we seemed totally unable to let him go at that time due to his insane salary. Luckily Inter Milan (and Conte) did the favor.
Now after years have passed and the rage has died down, I figure it would be interesting to calmly look back and think why it didn't work out for us and him? Sanchez was a talisman attacker of the Premier League and he was monstrous just the season before joining us. What exactly happened?
Many Arsenal fans even said he was finished before we got him, but it hadn't been a long enough period of declining performances for the greater public to realize. He probably should have been played through the middle like he does now, and probably would have been decently effective. The worst part wasn't just getting fleeced for a finished player looking for a pay day, it's that Jose benched Martial who had been our best player the first half of the season for Sanchez and completely fecked the chemistry of the squad.
Too many injuries plus Jose Mourinho. In a more attacking side he would have been great. Just as with most attacking players.
Team dog walker rather.
Injuries, general decline and the fact we were a total mess of a club in every department.
I was so excited about this signing. I actually thought he would win us the CL that season.
It was just a brain-dead signing pushed by a CEO who didn't know anything about football. Sanchez was on the decline, clearly just coming for the money and just not a good fit all round.
The fans lacked support. If you look at Arsenal's fans history of spamming #ssnhqsanchez on twitter every week so he will win player of the month then you will realize just how heartbroken he was during his time at United.
Right player at the wrong time. We should have signed him when he left Barca, instead of Di Maria. I remember saying as such at the time, and that seemed like an unpopular opinion after the season Di Maria had just had.
The first half of 17/18 at Arsenal, he looked on the decline already. His time at Inter was fairly underwhelming too, but just from looking at his numbers, it looks like he's doing well at Marseille this season.
The first half of 17/18 at Arsenal, he looked on the decline already. His time at Inter was fairly underwhelming too, but just from looking at his numbers, it looks like he's doing well at Marseille this season.
Basically, the same reason Torres failed at Chelsea. Bought him right at the downslope of his career.
He fell off, simple as that. There would be more to it if he went elsewhere and was world class, but he didn't because he was no longer good enough. Sometimes it happens to players rapidly.
Maybe a better question is why did he/do some players fall off so abruptly? As opposed to why he didn't work out specifically at United.
There were signs in his final season at Arsenal but his desire to leave and the glimpses of ability made us all think it was just that he would step back up when he got his move.
Maybe a better question is why did he/do some players fall off so abruptly? As opposed to why he didn't work out specifically at United.
There were signs in his final season at Arsenal but his desire to leave and the glimpses of ability made us all think it was just that he would step back up when he got his move.
Seeing him play live, i was shocked how small he is
I blame that piano crap. So cringe it generated automatic bad luck at the club.
Yes, and he'd started to decline noticeably well before we stupidly signed him.
It was an idiotic move.
Woodward style. But Mourinho is clearly also culpable. He wanted the fecker, nobody is going to convince me that Sanchez was forced on him.
His decline started at Arsenal in the second half of the season before he moved. His touch was off and he didn’t have the same affect on games like he had done previously. It was thought it was just poor form but it seems it was a permanent decline.
Absolutely. Shouldn't sign that Sanchez GK fella from Brighton either!
The guy has been playing first team football since he was 16 year old. His high intensity game meant that by age 30 he had already run out of steam.
Genuinely forget that he played for us. A particle of shite in a sea of it.
Falcao part II. I was so gassed when they both signed and equally deflated when they moved on. Shame really. At least we managed to piss off Arsenal fans for a while. They can't even return the banter seeing as they took Micky Targaryan.
I reckon the double shot of Copa America in 2015 & 2016 accelerated that decline.
Agreed. Jose never plays a guy under 6ft as his CF. But he had lost a yard and we should of adapted. Felt like we only signed him to stop City getting him
Yeah unfortunately.
What did Sanchez do after he left us?
Did he improve at Inter?
The answer to this will tell us if he actually declined or whether it was just our club that "reduced" him.
So many players would join us while playing well. They'd join and within 3-6 games of playing, they'd start playing really badly. We basically destroyed a lot of players who were on a steep incline before joining us.
Did he improve at Inter?
The answer to this will tell us if he actually declined or whether it was just our club that "reduced" him.
So many players would join us while playing well. They'd join and within 3-6 games of playing, they'd start playing really badly. We basically destroyed a lot of players who were on a steep incline before joining us.
That makes sense.
If you start early, you'll end up finishing your career earlier.
I think Vardy started late, which explains why he is still playing in the EPL.
Then you have CR7 and Messi.....who can play at a high level, into their later years.
He just looked completely out of his depth technically. I have no clue how that happened on such a short time.
Peaked as a player the season before and Woodward offered him the best pension ever to completely sap any motivation.
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He had no chance playing under Jose. Jose sucked the live out of any flair player.
More than that. In his prime, Sanchez always love to take an extra touch, but this is his style of game. Don't blame him, blame our scouting management for failing to spot this.
Because he was an overrated, overpaid and injury prone c...?
All action amd physically intense players like Sanchez, Rooney and tevez don't last long.
Determination and work ethic were some of his key factors to success at Arsenal. He arrived at United without them
He was still able to make a telling pass, or get the occasional goal but his general play was poor and given the huge money he was getting the occasional good contribution wasnt worth it. Thats what your squad players are for, not the luxury high wages players coming in as a superstar
He was still able to make a telling pass, or get the occasional goal but his general play was poor and given the huge money he was getting the occasional good contribution wasnt worth it. Thats what your squad players are for, not the luxury high wages players coming in as a superstar
Can only put him down to being on the verge of being past his peak when we bought him and he was at the age when that is highly likely to happen...have we learnt anything from that
Style didn't fit our play. There was still a class player in there.
I really think he was always overrated, there was always something missing in his play. He was the media darling of football around the time/overrated MOTD etc. Barca around this time don't get rid of real top quality players for the likes of Arsenal to pick up. Where were the other Giant sides in for him before he went to Arsenal?
Also, probably just past his peak when coming to United. Don't think he was ever really top top draw or worth the hype anyway. Time proved that right.
Also, probably just past his peak when coming to United. Don't think he was ever really top top draw or worth the hype anyway. Time proved that right.
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was thrust into a clueless United team. Mourinho's rigidly structured football was defensive and didn't suit his attacking, free flowing instincts
Same situation as Salah now. Klopp is getting the last out of him by playing him basically as a CF.
He has competition for that role from Bastien, Ronaldo Mk2, Pogba, Rat Face and £375k De Gea.
Unfortunately, his play was out of tune and he only did a few things of note.
He wasn´t in the right mindset. Too worried about things outside of football. Kind of what happened with Rashford.