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'He Was No Messi': Man Utd Stars Revel in Alexis Sanchez's Inter Departure

Manchester United players are seemingly shedding no tears over the departure of Alexis Sanchez to Inter Milan on loan.

The Chilean, who joined United from Arsenal in a high-profile transfer in 2018 involving Henrikh Mkhitaryan - who incidentally left north London for Roma on loan this summer as well - made just 45 appearances for the Red Devils, notching five goals and nine assists.

This was not in keeping with his whopping £505,000-a-week contract in Manchester and, as reported by the Sun, this fact was not lost on his Old Trafford teammates, with one anonymous United star quoted as saying: “He was no [Lionel] Messi, so why pay him all that dough.