Sanchez WILL be gone from Man Utd this summer, claims Charlie Nicholas
Chile striker has scored just five times in 41 appearances for the Reds since he joined from Arsenal in January 2018
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ALEXIS SANCHEZ will be gone from Manchester United this summer, according to former Arsenal ace Charlie Nicholas.
The Sky Sports pundit, 57, claimed the striker has had a "shocker" since he joined from the Gunners in January 2018.
Sanchez has failed to live up to expectations since he arrived at Old Trafford, scoring just five times in 41 appearances.
He has failed to cement his spot in the starting XI and he is set to be out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.
And former Scotland international Nicholas predicted that United will offload him at the end of the campaign.
Speaking to Sky Sports, he said: "I think they're running down the clock with Sanchez. I think he'll be gone in the summer - that's the reality.
"They'll look at things and say 'what you have done? Not very much', and he gets injured a lot these days.
"You have to look at what United have got coming through and they've just given [Anthony] Martial a new deal so when he's fit, he'll be playing.
"Sanchez had the huff with Arsenal over a contract so what type of mood is he going to be in when he doesn't get a game?
"I don't think you hang about for that and I think Sanchez will be gone in the summer.
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"They can sell him, get some money, get him off the wage bill and they can get somebody else in. It might even be a younger version."
As he slammed Sanchez's shocking spell of form, he took the chance to praise fellow forwards Romelu Lukaku and Marcus Rashford.
He added: "It's been a shocker. I watched Manchester United with interest at the weekend [against Southampton].
"Marcus Rashford played out wide of the right and when Romelu Lukaku is fit, he looks sharp.
"It looks like he's trimmed a few pounds off him so the sharpness has returned so he's the one that scares me, and Rashford's pace."