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Alexis Sanchez has revealed the opportunity “to work with Jose Mourinho ” was one of the driving factors in his decision to leave Arsenal for Manchester United .
United announced on Monday evening that they had signed Sanchez from Arsenal in a swap deal with midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan .
Sanchez has signed a four-and-a-half year deal with the club, while Arsenal announced that Mkhitaryan had joined the club “on a long-term deal”.
Show all 11 1 /11Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Clubs rarely reveal details of salaries but, here, The Independent looks at who the biggest earners in the competition might be based on other media sources.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Alexis Sanchez (Manchester United)* - £500,000 per week Confirmation of the Chile forward's switch from Arsenal is still awaited but reports have suggested the 29-year-old will earn close to £500,000 per week before tax at Old Trafford. That is his basic wage plus image rights and bonuses.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Paul Pogba (Manchester United) - £290,000 per week The France midfielder signed a contract worth a reported £290,000 per week when United brought him back from Juventus in a club record £89.3million deal in 2016. Reports suggest he is also in line for a new contract - and pay rise - in the near future.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) - £250,000 per week United not only paid a Premier League record £75million - plus a potential further £15million in add-ons - for the striker last summer, but also agreed to pay him a reported £250,000 per week.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) - £220,000 per week The Swede might be at the veteran stage of his career, but his availability on a free transfer from Paris St Germain in 2016 allowed United to hand him a huge wage packet, worth a reported £220,000 per week.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) - £220,000 per week The prolific Argentinian, who this season became City's record goalscorer, signed his current deal in the summer of 2014. It was worth a reported £220,000 per week and City are presumably happy with their return.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Eden Hazard (Chelsea) - £220,000 per week Belgium playmaker Hazard is Chelsea's most influential player and is well rewarded for that, with a weekly wage worth a reported £220,000. His contract expires in 2020 but, with Real Madrid linked, there has been much talk of a new deal.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) - £220,000 per week Estimates vary, but some reports suggest the Spain midfielder signed a contract worth £220,000 per week when he joined Chelsea from Barcelona for £30million in 2014. More conservative reports suggest a pay packet of around £180,000 per week.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? David de Gea (Manchester United) - £200,000 per week After Real Madrid went close to signing him in 2015, United rewarded one of the world's best goalkeepers with a new contract that underlined his importance, worth a reported £200,000 per week.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - £180,000 per week Liverpool made the Dutchman the world's most expensive defender this month, paying Southampton £75million for a player they had long been linked with. The deal earns him a reported £180,000 per week.
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Who are the Premier League's highest earners? Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) - £170,000 per week Short of a reliable regular goalscorer, the Gunners paid a club record £52.7million for the Frenchman last summer. Reports at the time of his arrival suggested he was due to earn around £170,000 per week.
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In his first interview as a Manchester United player, Sanchez said he was “thrilled” to move to Old Trafford and spoke of his delight at linking up with Mourinho.
“I am thrilled to be joining the biggest club in the world,” he told the club’s official website.
“I have spent three-and-a-half wonderful years at Arsenal and I bring with me very positive memories of that great club and its fans.
“The chance to play in this historic stadium and to work with Jose Mourinho was something I could not turn down.
“I am very proud to be the first Chilean player ever to play for United’s first team and I hope I can show our fans all around the world why the club wanted to bring me here.”
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