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Why did the Jose Mourinho era come to an early end at Manchester United? Why did the club pay him almost £20 million to go away? Well, he had full third season syndrome in 2018, and forward Alexis Sanchez opened up on what it was like to play under him in a very revealing BBC interview with noted Spanish football expert Guillem Balague.

The Chilean was very candid both about how “confusing” it was to play for Mourinho and his own struggles, as he wishes he had brought “more joy” to the club. Sanchez believes that his playing only sporadically has held him back from realizing his potential since he moved over from Arsenal a year and a month ago.

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Alexis Sanchez has endured a very rough spell at Manchester United with some supporters labeling him the club’s worst signing since Bebe. Sanchez just hasn’t produced much, and his astronomical salary makes his acquisition widely perceived to be a massive flop. While the manager has changed this season, the limited role of Alexis Sanchez has not.

The Chilean wishes he had brought “more joy” to MUFC, as he admits that playing sporadically has severely held him back. The 30-year-old admits he’s worried about his lack of playing time, and how it’s adversely affecting his desire to play the game.

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With so much drama going down at Inter Milan with Mauro Icardi, it seems likely that the 25-year-old striker could be moving on from the club soon. Wanda Nara, who is both his wife and agent (also a model, showgirl and TV host), has suggested that his future lies elsewhere.

This past week he was stripped of the captain’s arm band for the Europa League win over Rapid Vienna on Valentine’s Day. Icardi hasn’t said much about having the captaincy stripped, except for typing a Mark Twain quote on an Instagram post that featured a picture of himself.

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Napoli central defender Kalidou Koulibaly is probably one of the best players at his position in the entire world. As has been very well publicized by the media over the past year, Manchester United are on a serious quest to upgrade at centre back. In the past summer transfer window, United pursued several centre back targets, but ended up landing none.

For various reasons, nothing came together, and in January United were completely inactive in the transfer window. Reports indicate that the club will be aggressive again in the transfer market this summer, renewing their mission to land a premium central defender, and Koulibaly is right there at the top of their list.

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During the less than one full season that was the David Moyes era, many Manchester United fans often clamored for Sir Alex Ferguson to return to the dugout. Instead it was Ryan Giggs who replaced Moyes in the interim, before Louis van Gaal took over for the next two seasons. However, the day is coming now that will see Ferguson managing the team again, if only for one night and in a friendly.

United will honor the 20th anniversary of the treble winning 1999 team with a charity match versus Bayern Munich, the club they beat in the UEFA Champions League Final. United came back from being down 1-0 to triumph 2-1, with current caretaker manage Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scoring the game winner.

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Manchester United interim manager Ole Gunnar Solksjaer dropped a bombshell at his press conference today- young stellar forwards Anthony Martial and Jesse Lingard will be out injured for 2-3 weeks; meaning they’ll miss both the FA Cup 5th round clash at Chelsea Monday night and the league clash at home against Liverpool next weekend.

Both suffered muscular injuries in the loss to Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night. For Martial, it’s a groin issue and with Lingard a hamstring problem. It turns out the home loss to PSG in midweek damaged a lot more than just United’s UEFA Champions League campaign.

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