Alexis Sanchez is training at Arsenal today but Man Utd manager Jose Mourinho has given an update on the transfer saga.
Jose Mourinho insists Manchester United ‘are there’ on a move for Arsenal player Alexis Sanchezbut the deal is not yet done as the January transfer saga drags on.
Sanchez is believed to have agreed terms with United as part of a swap deal involving Henrikh Mkhitaryan moving in the opposite direction.
Both players arrived for training with their current clubs on Friday morning and United and Arsenalhave missed the registration for deadline for Sanchez and Mkhitaryan to debut in their Premier League Saturday fixtures.
Mourinho will not include Mkhitaryan in the United squad for Saturday’s trip to Burnley and Mourinho gave a brief update on Sanchez.
“Nothing new,” Mourinho said. “I think clearly everybody knows that we are there and especially when Arsenal manager speaks so clearly like he did there is no point in trying to hide or deny but not done at all.
“So in this moment Mkhitaryan our player, Sanchez an Arsenal player and with a match tomorrow I want to switch off and focus on the most important thing, which is the match.
“I don’t know [if it is dependent on Mkhitaryan]. Sometimes people thinks transfers involve a lot the managers in the negotiations, I think it depends on the profile of the club, the way we establish our jobs and in my case when it goes to the table of negotiations I like to be out, I am out and I will just calmly waiting for news, no more than that.
“I will speak with you if one day we sign him, I can speak with you about him and what he can bring to our team. He’s an Arsenal player, he’s not my player, there’s no point in me speaking about something that may or may not happen.
“My involvement in the situation is just to say the reasons why I would like to have the player and no more than that, I’m out.”
Eric Bailly (ankle) and Zlatan Ibrahimovic (knee) are the only unavailable players for the weekend game at Turf Moor now Ashley Young has served his three-match suspension for elbowing Southampton forward Dusan Tadic.
“Just Eric and Zlatan,” Mourinho added. “They still recover and today we had not a big problem, a small problem with Daley Blind, nothing big but stopped him to be available for this match, apart from that everybody is fine and fit and strong and with desire to play.”
