Jose Mourinho says ‘sad’ Man Utd flop Alexis Sanchez was always unhappy and that’s why he failed to get the best out of him

, Mourinho, 56, said: "Sanchez… I felt him [to be] not a happy man. And I think in every job you have when you are not happy it is not so easy to perform at every level.

"And maybe I am wrong. Maybe it was me who was not capable to get into him and to get the best out of him.

"As a manager sometimes you have the capacity to get the best out of the players and other times you are not successful in that approach.

"But the reality is that I always felt [of Sanchez], ‘a sad man’. So probably in Italy he will recover this. I hope he can. I always wish well to every player.”

Alexis Sanchez's stats in the Premier League for Arsenal and Manchester UnitedSanchez left Old Trafford for Inter Milan this summer on a loan deal - but the Prem side will still have to pay half of his wages.

Incidentally Mkhitaryan is also plying his trade in Italy after he similarly flopped at the Emirates after their loan swap.

He is on loan at Roma with a view to a permanent deal next summer.