Despite the confidence at Manchester United that the club will win the race to sign Alexis Sanchez, one of their former captains has advised the player to join their rivals, Manchester City. Speaking on BT Sport, Rio Ferdinand said: “I am going to be honest, if he has an option to go from Arsenal to go to Manchester City or Manchester United, as a footballer who wanted to win trophies and would judge myself based on trophies being won, at the moment Man City looks like the place to go for him. “They are top of the league, they are going to win the league this season, they are in the Champions League, they are looking like they will be in the final for the…

Source: The Times January 14, 2018 00:05 UTC