Alexis Sanchez Complete Permanent Deal Move to Inter Milan
Inter Milan
have completed the permanent signing of Manchester United forward Alexis
Sanchez on a three-year deal.
Chile
international, 31, joined the Serie A side on a season-long loan in August
2019.
He scored
four goals in 29 appearances in all competitions.
Inter expect
to have him available for the Europa League 'final eight' in Germany
after beating Getafe on Wednesday.
"We
have agreed [the deal]," United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer told BT Sport on
Wednesday after his side also reached the quarter-finals with a win over
LASK.
"He has
enjoyed his time there. He is a top player but for whatever reason, we didn't
see the best of him. He is a top professional and we wish him all the
best."
The precise
terms of the deal are unknown but is almost certain to have involved United
taking a significant financial hit.
Sanchez
played 45 games for United after joining from Arsenal in 2018, scoring
just five goals.
He becomes
the third player to join Inter from United in the past 12 months, with
striker Romelu Lukaku and midfielder Ashley Young having made
similar switches.
The deal
will bring to an end one of the most controversial and ill-fated transfers in
United's history.
They fought
off competition from Manchester City for Sanchez, signing him from Arsenal on a
four-and-a-half-year deal on an eye-watering £400,000-a-week.
But Sanchez
completely failed to recapture the form he showed so often during his time with
the Gunners.
He did score
on his home debut and his form in that first half-season was not disastrous.
But after that, Sanchez was poor, to the extent that talking to people from the
club about the potential signing of Jadon Sancho this week, they were
emphasizing the need not to disrupt their wage structure as happened previously
- ie. with the Chilean.
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