Report explains why Alexis Sanchez flopped so badly at Man Utd

Alexis Sanchez’s failure at Manchester United has been explained in The Sun and was down to his “insular” nature and his inability to adapt to a “truly big club”.

The Chile forward on Wednesday night completed a 10-month loan deal to Inter Milan which does not include an option to buy, with the Premier League club retaining control of the 30-year-old who still has almost three years left on his contract.

United are understood to have agreed to pay 40% of his £400,000- a-week wages.

“On behalf of the entire Nerazzurri family, we’d like to wish him a very warm welcome and the best of luck,” Inter said after wrapping up the deal last night.

But why did Sanchez, who scored just five times in 45 appearances, flop so badly at Old Trafford?

The tabloid claims to have the answers and suggests that: “What United could not see, when they agreed to offer him a an eye-watering pay packet to lure him from Arsenal, was a deeply troubled, insular individual.

“He retreated, withdrawing into his shell and isolating himself from the United dressing room when it all started to go wrong.

“Nothing was ever his fault,” according to Neil Ashton’s report.

Both Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer could not, apparently, motivate the former Arsenal man. The report claims Mourinho failed getting through to the forward by “antagonising” him, while Solskjaer simply ended up “ignoring” him.

The article, which most probably been sourced from an insider at the club, also suggests Sanchez could not deal with playing for a huge club.

“Whenever Sanchez missed a shot, he would blame the quality of the pass from the likes of Marcus Rashford, Jesse Lingard or Anthony Martial.

“He claimed his movement was superior, that he could see storylines unfold on the pitch far quicker than any of his United team-mates.

“Mourinho tried a softer approach with him, calling him into the manager’s office to try to break down his behaviour.

“Nobody could get through to him. Many felt that he could not cope with the demands of playing for a truly big club,” read the report.