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<\/div>\n<\/div>How did it come to this?<\/strong><\/p>\n Sanchez, who is set to receive a reported salary of \u00a3500,000 a week at United and will wear the number seven jersey, was announced by the club Twitter account with him playing ‘Glory, Glory Man Utd’ on a piano.<\/p>\n He has scored 80 goals for the Gunners since joining from Barcelona for \u00a330m in July 2014, and was last season’s top scorer with 30 goals in all competitions.<\/p>\n The Chilean almost teamed up with former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola in a \u00a360m move last summer but that\u00a0deadline-day deal collapsed\u00a0when Arsenal failed to sign Monaco midfielder Thomas Lemar.<\/p>\n Since that move did not materialise, Sanchez has had less of an impact, scoring 0.37 goals per game compared to 0.63 last season, with several pundits commenting on his on-field demeanour.<\/p>\n Former Gunners striker Ian Wright said in December that Sanchez looked as though he had\u00a0“clocked off”.<\/p>\n Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger denied there was a rift between Sanchez and his team-mates, but admitted the uncertainty over his future has affected team morale.<\/p>\n And, with his contract at Arsenal due to expire at the end of the season – when he would be available on a free transfer, United have moved in.<\/p>\n Mkhitaryan ends underwhelming United spell<\/strong><\/p>\n Mkhitaryan, who has scored once and contributed five assists in 15 Premier League appearances this season, joined United when\u00a0Mourinho pipped Wenger\u00a0to sign him.<\/p>\n His last appearance was in the FA Cup third-round win over Derby on 5 January, and he was left out of subsequent Premier League matches against Stoke and Burnley.<\/p>\n In November, Mourinho said Mkhitaryan’s performances had been “decreasing step by step”.<\/p>\n Mkhitaryan made a modest start to his United career and did not start a Premier League game in almost three months after he was substituted at half-time during his full debut against Manchester City.<\/p>\n Yet his form improved during the second half of last season and he scored as United beat Ajax in the Europa League final in Stockholm in May.<\/p>\n Before he moved to Old Trafford, the Armenia captain was the 2015-16 Bundesliga player of the season, and scored 23 goals in all competitions<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Manchester United have signed Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal, in a swap deal with midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Chile forward Sanchez, 29, who almost joined Manchester City last summer, has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal. City decided earlier this month that they would not pursue their interest in him as they felt making him their best-paid player may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":394110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[10723,145,104],"yoast_head":"\n![\"Henrikh](\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/onesport\/cps\/240\/cpsprodpb\/160F7\/production\/_99695309_gettyimages-601878966.jpg)
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