Pundit predicts one player that will leave Man Utd this summer

Sky Sports pundit Charlie Nicholas thinks that Manchester United will sell Alexis Sanchez in the summer transfer window.

The Chilean has two goals and three assists in all competitions for the Red Devils this season, with both Jose Mourinho – who was sacked in December – and interim boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer using him sparingly.

Sanchez has failed to replicate the form that earned him a move to Old Trafford from Arsenal in January 2018.

To make matters worse, Sanchez suffered a knee injury during United’s recent match against Southampton and could now be missing for up to a month.

“It’s been a shocker,” Nicholas told Sky Sports when asked about Sanchez’s time at United.

“I watched Manchester United with interest at the weekend [against Southampton]. Marcus Rashford played out wide of the right and when Romelu Lukaku is fit, he looks sharp.

“It looks like he’s trimmed a few pounds off him so the sharpness has returned so he’s the one that scares me, and Rashford’s pace.

“I think they’re running down the clock with Sanchez. I think he’ll be gone in the summer – that’s the reality.

“They’ll look at things and say ‘what have you done? Not very much’. And he gets injured a lot these days.

“You have to look at what United have got coming through and they’ve just given [Anthony] Martial a new deal so when he’s fit, he’ll be playing.”

Nicholas added: “Sanchez had the huff with Arsenal over a contract so what type of mood is he going to be in when he doesn’t get a game?

“I don’t think you hang about for that and I think Sanchez will be gone in the summer.

“They can sell him, get some money, get him off the wage bill and they can get somebody else in. It might even be a younger version.”