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What Alexis Sanchez did in his first days at Manchester United set the tone for first year

Man Utd player Alexis Sanchez has struggled to impress at Old Trafford following his high-profile move from Arsenal.

Alexis Sanchez has struggled to hit his best form at Manchester United

Exactly a year ago, Alexis Sanchez tickled the ivories in that unveiling video and Ed Woodward was being hailed as the GOAT. That's the 'greatest of all-time' to you and me.

United shocked the football world when they made an opportunistic move for the Chilean - just as he appeared destined to move to bitter rivals Manchester City at the start of the January transfer window.

Woodward was keen to send out a statement by bringing one of the Premier League's biggest names to Old Trafford and, on the surface, it looked a smart deal.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who had struggled for game time in his final months at United, would go one way and Sanchez the other. There was no transfer fee involved but an eye-watering financial package saw Sanchez become the club's highest earner.

It was a price worth paying as far as Woodward was concerned - his approval ratings were never higher than after the deal went through - and Sanchez's new team-mates were quickly impressed.

"We all knew what he was capable of anyway. He’s been with us for a few days now in training and some of the stuff he’s done is unbelievable," Luke Shaw told MUTV.

"After training the other day, there were four of us outside there doing free-kicks and he literally put five in the top corner in a row and we all were just like, 'Wow, this guy'".