Alexis Sanchez in Manchester United

Alexis wearing the Devils shirt during his presentation

Alexis has become one of the top 5 best payed players as he joined the squad that directs Jose Mourinho.

The Red Devils, as Manchester United is also known in England, signed the Chilean left winger last winter for about $66 USD millions and the rights of the Armenian player Henrikh Mkhitaryan. Among the many benefits that his contract will include, Alexis will earn $500,000 USD a week; becoming the best paid player in Premier League history. In comparison to international stars, Sánchez has the 3 best salary in the world, surpassing big names like Cristiano Ronaldo or Kylian Mbappe, but being behind of Neymar and Leonel Messi.

During his presentation, Alexis admitted that it was an honor for him to play in The Theatre of the Dreams as he expressed, "I always said as a kid that I’d like to play for United and I once spoke to Sir Alex Ferguson about it. We chatted for around 20 minutes. And I told him that my dream was to come here to Manchester United. It really is a massive club, very powerful, and so now, when I got the opportunity to come here, I looked at the badge and my hairs just stood up on end because it’s a powerful club and the biggest in England."

In his debut, Alexis played 72 minutes in game that Manchester won 4-0 over Yeovil Town -a team of the 4th division of England. Even tough he did not score, he created several options of goal including an assist to Ander Herrera for the 3 goal, which resulted in a 'close to perfection debut' as he received the man of the match award. In the following video, some of the individual highlights are shown.

In the following games Alexis didn't have the same luck. Many people started to criticize him because of the poor form he was showing in comparison to his brilliant performances with Arsenal. Lost games in the Premier League but specially against Sevilla in The Champions League at home, made many people think that it was a waste of money to sign Sánchez.

The last game against Swansea, however, Alexis recovered the trust of the fans and the trust in himself by giving an assist to Romelu Lukaku, and by scoring a goal in the 20th minute. He also helped a lot the team in tactical matters, as he defended when Manchester United needed. Some of the positive comments that the fans wrote on Twitter were: Pleased to see Alexis Sánchez on the scoresheet. Hopefully he can kick on and get back to his world class form." (Liam Canning- recognized football journalist), or "Sanchez has been brilliant today, defensively as well as his attacking play"(Ross Philips-famous fan and blogger).

Manchester United have to still play 6 games of the Premier League, practically won by Manchester City, and the semifinal of the Fa Cup against The Spurs on April 21. Hopefully Alexis Sanchez keeps the same level that he showed against Swansea, for the benefit of the team that manages Jose Mourinho.

Alexis celebrating his goal against Swansea with Lukaku