It has almost been a year since United signed Alexis Sanchez, in a deal that involved Henrikh Mkhitaryan going the other way. The Chile international looked destined for Manchester City until United came knocking. This demand for Alexis Sanchez was because both these teams knew they’d much rather have Sanchez playing for them than running at them.

Sanchez joined United and it seemed that he would emulate the success of Robin van Persie, another big name who not so long ago had left Arsenal for Old Trafford. But it wasn’t to be, Robin Van Persie came to Sir Alex and his attacking brand of football where he got chances to score in abundance and he took those chances to win United the Premier League title. On the other hand, Sanchez came to Mourinho’s United, a team that had a defense first approach to the game. United under Mourinho tried to undo the opposition rather than impose their talents on the opposition so not just Sanchez but all the attacking players suffered as a result, as they had to come quiet deep in their own half to receive the ball and the full backs did not help the wide players a lot, the striker remained isolated at times until he also came deep to receive the ball. So it was quiet difficult for Sanchez to truly fit into that team. Many online portals like online-betting.org reported how Sanchez could leave Manchester early.

The charge sheet against Mourinho’s style of football is very long and now that he is gone, a sane man would only look forward rather than backward. With the arrival of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as the interim manager of Manchester United, things look positive for the attackers at Manchester United. There is evidence to support that claim, just look at United’s 5-1 win against Cardiff and 3-1 win against Huddersfield. Sanchez missed both these matches but the manager missed Sanchez too. Ole was keen to point out, especially after the Huddersfield game that they still have Alexis Sanchez to come in.

It seems that the moment is setup for Sanchez to return to the United team and return to being the Sanchez that not so long ago, two of the most successful managers of the game were going head to head for. Sanchez will return to a United team that seems to have changed its mood and philosophy of the game. He will be greatly helped by the full backs bombarding forward, overlapping the wide player at every chance that they get. We know that Sanchez has given nightmares to defenders by running at them and he’ll be able to resume normal service with a rejuvenated Pogba whose ball supplying skills are world renowned.

United still have a lot to play for as they are still in the Champions League, FA Cup and perhaps realistically in that rat race for top four in the Premier League. So plenty of room for heroes and if you look at Sanchez’s track record, he can certainly be just that.