Sanchez seals United switch and hits back at money jibe

Alexis Sanchez has finally left the Emirates to pick up a reported €570,000-a-week contract at Manchester United but the Chilean couldn’t resist one last dig at Arsenal legends who have labelled him “the biggest mercenary in football”.

Sanchez, who for so long looked destined for Manchester City and a reunion with Pep Guardiola, the coach who managed him at Barcelona, agreed a move to the red half of Manchester instead yesterday in a what turned out to be a straight swap for United winger Henrikh Mkhitaryan.

The move came five months after the 29-year-old narrowly missed out on a €65m move to City on transfer deadline day when Arsenal failed to find a replacement in time to agree the deal.