Former Man United flop claims he would have won the Champions League if he had joined Man City

Alexis Sanchez believes Manchester City would have won the Champions League already had he been granted his dream move to the Etihad Stadium instead of being forced to join Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford instead.

“I was about to go to City, I spoke to Guardiola every day, he told me happy birthday. He was like my dad, He was my dad at Barcelona and he was like my dad at City,” Sanchez told La Tercera (via Sport Witness).

“We talked, we talked every day, he sent me messages. And everything was ready, there was a player who was going to go to Arsenal.

“Then Wenger tells me you are not leaving because the other player did not want to come and they do not have another.

“Suddenly the cell phone rings. Mourinho tells me: ‘Alexis, here is the seven available for you.’

“It wasn’t a money thing, so everyone knows. It was the same with United and City. And he said to me here is the seven, we are playing in the Champions League and we are going to give everything.

“I wanted to leave at that moment, but I had Guardiola’s word.

“That’s when I said to myself, Chilean footballer playing for Manchester United, something that has never happened.

“With the seven of Cantona, Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo and now a Chilean had it, it was a dream.

“I don’t regret going to United, things happen for a reason.

“I would have liked to have gone to City, yes. We would have won the Champions League by now. In the final I would have done something.”