Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has confirmed that Alexis Sanchez will return to Old Trafford after his loan spell at Inter.
Sanchez has only scored once in seven matches for Inter Milan, with niggling injuries and fitness issues restricting his contribution to the team.
Sanchez had been tipped to secure a permanent transfer away from Manchester at the end of the campaign, but Solskjaer is adamant that he still has a future at United.
The Norwegian told a press conference on Tuesday: “Alexis will come back in the summer and will prove you all wrong.”
Solskjaer has conceded they are still on the lookout for “one or two things” amid an injury crisis which has seen key players Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and Scott McTominay sidelined.
“We’ve got players here that we’re working hard to get back as well and if there is something out there then the club is pursuing that and it’s difficult,” he said.
“I can’t remember how many good ones we’ve brought in and were good deals in January.
“Henrik [Larsson] was good, Nemanja [Vidic] and Patrice [Evra]… it’s hard, very hard, the clubs don’t want to lose their best players.”
Solskjaer was speaking ahead of his side’s trip to the Etihad to face Manchester City in the Carabao Cup.
“They’re getting players back as well, we hit them last time when they were struggling a bit and since then they’ve played really well,” Solskjaer added.
“We’ve lost Scott and Marcus since that game, we’re a little bit lighter in the playing department. We can’t just defend, we have to try to keep the ball and make them run after the ball.
“It has to be a perfect performance but we’ve done amazing things before at this club and the PSG game is a very, very good example of how you can make a two-goal deficit work in your favour. We need the first goal.”
