Man Utd closing in on Sanchez deal: Mourinho

Manchester Jan 19 (IANS) Manchester United head coach Jose Mourinho on Friday said his club is close to signing star forward Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal.

"Nothing new. Clearly everyone knows that we are there and especially when the Arsenal manager speaks so clearly like he did there is no point in trying to hide or deny " the Portuguese said.

Mourinho however did not explain the nature of the deal and said until there is an official announcement Henrikh Mkhitaryan is a Manchester United player and Alexis Sanchez remains an Arsenal forward.

"But not done not done at all. In this moment Mkhitaryan is our player Sanchez an Arsenal player " Mourinho added.

When asked what has taken so long for the deal to be cracked the 54-year-old said: "I don t know. Sometimes people think transfers involve the managers a lot in the negotiations.

"I think it depends a lot on the type of club the way we establish our jobs and in my case when it goes to the table of negotiations I like to be out. I m out. I will just be calmly waiting for news. No more than that.

"I don t know. My involvement in the situation is just to say the reasons why I would like to have the player and no more than that. I m out."

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