United’s dilemma – should they go gunning for Alexis?

ARSENAL striker Alexis Sanchez looks like he’s heading for the exit door at the Emirates. Should United make a bid for the Chilean? Here, M.E.N. Sports STUART MATHIESON looks at the pros - and cons...

JOSE MOURINHO MUST LURE ALEXIS SANCHEZ TO UNITED MOURINHO has said he needs to revamp his strike department in the summer.

Wayne Rooney’s future is up in the air and a summer exit from Old Trafford appears to be the most likely outcome.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic has yet to commit himself to an extra year, and he will be 36 next season if he stays. United need an A-lister forward. Atletico Madrid’s Antoine Griezmann is the priority target, but United cannot afford to ignore the claims of a striker in Sanchez who has proved himself in the Premier League.

Mourinho wants to take his side onto the next level and challenge strongly again for the Premier League title and the Champions League.

With that in mind, a hitman with current a record of 46 goals in 90 league matches for Arsenal, plus an impressive strike rate in the Champions League, and a scoring pedigree at Barcelona has to be a must-have.

Sanchez has all the attributes to become an exciting Old Trafford favourite with the fans and become the new Robin van Persie – to rub salt in Arsenal’s wounds.

THE REDS MUST STEER CLEAR OF THE WANTAWAY ARSENAL STAR IF Griezmann is the free-roaming, attacking, pacey finisher Mourinho wants, then it’s no use buying a similar model with Sanchez. It’s either one or the other.

Sir Alex Ferguson may have been able to keep his quartet of Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Teddy Sheringham and Alexis Sanchez could be looking to leave Ole Solskjaer sweet but times have changed. Players don’t appear to be as flexible these days and Griezmann and Sanchez could be a recipe for unrest.

If it is Sanchez alone then the Chilean is proving at Arsenal that, if things are not going his and the team’s way, then he could be a disruptive influence.

Mourinho is developing a close United dressing room and throwing a player who has reportedly had a huge training ground bust-up at the Gunners could eventually put the harmony at risk. Sanchez will be 29 in December and Zlatan Ibrahimovic has already effectively hampered the progress of Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford in the central attacking role. They need to be freed up to play as potential main men. Signing a guy in his late 20s would