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‘Woodward masterclass” – A lot of Man United fans are trying to see the positives in a bleak loanee situation

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An argument really can be made that the swap deal of Alexis Sanchez and Henrikh Mkhitaryan is one of the worst in Premier League history.

The pair switched between Arsenal and Manchester United back in January 2018 (BBC), and now both are on-loan from Arsenal and Manchester United out in Italy.

Alexis signed for Inter Milan (BBC) whilst Mkhitaryan signed for Roma (BBC) over the summer and now, despite Alexis’ recent injury, it appears he won’t be returning to Manchester United. That’s because, according to The Daily Mail, there is no re-call option in the Chilean’s contract.

On the whole, this has to be seen as good news. It means that Inter Milan will have to continue to pay half of the wages of the veteran winger and he will be remaining in Italy as opposed to coming back to Manchester, and a lot of the Red Devils faithful have been slamming Sanchez on Twitter, despite his injury.

A lot of the fans, though, have also taken this as an opportunity to throw rare praise in the direction of Ed Woodward.

He will have been the man to ensure that Alexis wouldn’t be returning to the club early and would have Inter paying out half his wages regardless of whether he was in fine form or not on the pitch, and for that he should at least get a bit of praise.

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