Alexis Sanchez lifts lid on reason he ditched Arsenal for Man Utd

Oli Fisher

Manchester United star Alexis Sanchez has made a bold claim over his January transfer from Arsenal.

The Chile international made the move to Old Trafford from the Emirates Stadium in a swap deal involving midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

Despite a tough start to life as a United player, Sanchez has admitted he does not regret switching London for Manchester.

“I believe that United really are a very big club on a worldwide scale and even more so in England, where they are the biggest,” he said.

“They always want to win and to be fighting on all fronts, and that’s the reason I wanted to come here.

“I also had some great players alongside me when I was at Barcelona, some highly experienced guys who had great quality.

“I think that United are not too dissimilar to them as a club in terms of their size and their stature.

“Manchester United are a massive club, which always aspires to win big trophies and that is what I’m trying to help make happen.

“I want to try and keep improving so we can see the club winning trophies.”

 

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