Sanchez to sit out season
weeks without playing. The medial ligament is a troublesome injury, but not so complex.”
The injury effectively ends Sanchez’s campaign with just nine league games remaining.
It caps a miserable 14-month stay for Sanchez at Old Trafford.
After failing to make a major impact since arriving from Arsenal, Sanchez had done little to force his way into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s plans after recovering from a hamstring tear.
Now his latest lengthy spell out could spark the end of a fruitless Old Trafford career if United decided to sell him in the summer.
Sanchez, 30, joins the lengthy casualty list for United’s Champions League second-leg tie with Paris St-Germain tomorrow night.
Solskjaer could be without 10 first-team stars for the last-16 clash, with United facing a mountain to climb in Paris as they trail 2-0.
Anthony Martial, Phil Jones, Nemanja Matic, Ander Herrera, Juan Mata, Jesse Lingard, Matteo Darmian and Antonio Valencia are also crocked.
Solskjaer could yet risk Martial but with key games coming in the race for a top-four finish and an FA Cup quarterfinal with Wolves looming, he will be hesitant to risk the striker.
Fellow Frenchman Paul Pogba is also out through suspension.