Sánchez a wonderful Arsenal signing – until he wanted to go to City
There is a sense Sánchez is a brilliant footballer who has still to find his definitive level
Alexis Sanchez: Are the gifts that make him so exceptional in a team where he can be the attacking star the same qualities that make him unsuitable in a team where there are stars of equal or greater magnitude? Photograph: Getty Images
You can’t always get what you want. But if you try – and you’re not too scarred by a complex, deadline-week, dual-jurisdiction triple-swoop involving both Raheem Sterling and Thomas Lemar – sometimes you might find you get what you need.