Euphoria in Marseille, Alexis Sanchez has arrived! Former Barcelona, Arsenal, Manchester United and Inter forward has arrived last night and put on an Olympique shirt today, as he signed as a free agent for a once great club. We say once, only because the most popular club in France hasn’t been the champion since 2009-10 season. And the fans are hoping that every new season can be ‘that’ season, and this year is no different. The club is so ‘desperate’ that the fans waited Sanchez at the airport, not minding the fact that his last good season in football was in 2018, before he moved from Arsenal to Manchester United.pic.twitter.com/7yxJG8jxnK— La Provence OM (@OMLaProvence) August 9, 2022 But, the fans are nevertheless hoping that the 33 year old Chilean will be the star player they are hoping to get, but just don’t have the money to do it for years. They did spent 70 million euros on reinforcements already, but only Sanchez has ‘the name’ from all of them, and he is on the wrong side of the thirties. The Chilean wasn’t playing so much during his three seasons in Inter (20 goals and 23 assists) and was mostly a reserve for both Conte and Inzaghi, so the club decided to pay him around 5 million euros and terminate his contract, and he signed a two year deal with Marseille.“Alexis Sanchez embodies everything we need, a player who can play in different positions and who allows us to have a leap in level, change the dimension in the squad” president Pablo Longoria said at the introductionary conference.Rennes broke the bank: PSG’s student is coming, the second biggest deal in club’s historyAnd the player itself said what the fans wanted to hear: he came for the title.“My position is more on the right or on the left behind a striker but I can also adapt. Physically I feel good, I trained with Inter. There are still a few small details to settle, in particular touching the ball a little more and finding the rhythm. I was told that OM had a great history, the biggest French club. It’s a challenge for me to come and win here, when I come here it’s to win titles. I try to fight for titles everywhere I go. Inter hadn’t won for 11 years when I arrived. Here it’s a bit the same. There is a very good squad, very good leaders and we will do our best for that” said Sanchez.##NAJAVA_MECA_6557026##
