Alexis Sanchez joined Manchester United from Arsenal in January (Picture: Getty)Alexis Sanchez’s desperation to be involved in the Champions League played a key role in convincing him to join Manchester United, according to Jose Mourinho. ‘It is true that we have a new player, Alexis Sanchez, and we could have waited for the transfer market in the summer but we decided to go now in the transfer market,’ Mourinho said. Manchester United in the Champions League is quite a big thing, Alexis came with all his efforts to play on the Champions League stage. ‘But because we won it we got to qualify for the Champions League so motivation is always there – we always want to play against the best teams. ‘So Alexis wanted to come to a team to play in the Champions League.’

Source: Metro February 20, 2018 23:03 UTC