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Manchester United have finally got rid of Alexis Sanchez.
That is after a deal was reached with Inter Milan which will see the Serie A club convert his loan into a permanent move for a fee of £13.5 million.
It is expected that the move will be announced later this week.
The 31-year old moved to the Serie A side on loan at the start of the last season and they have now seen enough to convince them to keep him permanently.
Sanchez will take a huge pay cut, with his annual £13.5 million wages spread over a three-year deal.
The news will come as a huge relief for United because it gets his massive £500,000 a week wages off their books, even though Inter partially subsidised them during the most recent campaign.
And it also brings an end to a career that promised at Old Trafford when he joined from Arsenal in January 2018, but ultimately delivered so little.
Andy is an exiled English football fan living in Cyprus. He loves all sports but football is his abiding passion, and he still has dreams every now and then about scoring the winning goal in a Wembley Cup Final, even though his playing days are long gone. He follows most major leagues, across Europe at least, and has a favoured team in each. When he’s not watching, listening, reading or downloading podcasts about football, he spend his time worrying about his beloved Arsenal.