Former England international Darius Vassell thinks that Jose Mourinho should drop Alexis Sanchez for a while but not for long.
Sanchez has struggled ever since he joined Manchester United from Arsenal. He is yet to live up to expectations and his performances for the club has been average at best so far.
Vassell thinks that it’s time Jose Mourinho dropped Sanchez and considered fielding other players.
He said, “To be honest, as a player you never want that (to be taken out of the limelight). You can’t ask for that or expect that I don’t believe.
I think you want to be playing every single football match. But on the other hand, I do think it is the right time to maybe sit him out, for him to go through that as a player, to sit down and watch his team, look at it from a different angle, think about his game, think about his performances and almost be taken out of that pressure situation that he’s obviously in.
I don’t think they can do that for too long wont him, I think he’s cost way too much money to be sitting on the bench.
I think he needs to be playing the standard of football he is capable of and he needs to be playing week in, week out for Manchester United. He’s a player capable of being captain for me when he’s on his day. But he’s not reached those heights yet and I do think it’s about time (he was dropped).”
Manchester United are currently 7th in the Premier League. Their next match is a Carabao Cup tie against Derby County tomorrow. The Red Devils’ next Premier League game is against West Ham on Saturday.
West Ham ended Chelsea’s winning run by drawing 0-0 against them yesterday.
