FOCUS – Long in the sights of the capital club, the Chilean striker will be one of OM’s main assets this Sunday at the Parc des Princes.
In the absence of the long-awaited “grantatakan” on the Canebière, OM offered the services of a leading offensive player last summer in the person of Alexis Sanchez, a star, a real one. A player with a CV worthy… of his Parisian opponents this Sunday (8:45 p.m.), at the Parc des Princes, at the end of the 11th day of Ligue 1.
Judge for yourself: flushed out by Udinese in Chile, in 2006, the pocket striker (1.69m) still had to learn his skills in South America for two seasons, on loan (Colo Colo, River Plate) before shining in Italy (112 matches, 21 goals), Barça (141 matches, 46 goals) and Arsenal (166 matches, 80 goals). His experience at Man. United proved to be more mixed (45 matches, 6 goals), before three seasons at Inter, as a luxury joker (109 matches, 20 goals). “He is a great player, you just have to see his journeymarveled Chancel Mbemba at the start of the season. “He is a player who allows us to change the size of the squad a bit in order to be more competitive.