{"id":3081,"date":"2018-01-12T20:59:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T20:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/?p=3081"},"modified":"2018-01-12T21:00:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T21:00:31","slug":"united-new-favourites-land-sanchez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oddsmonkey.com\/blog\/news-events\/united-new-favourites-land-sanchez\/","title":{"rendered":"United new favourites to land Sanchez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United may be about to inflict the first defeat of the season on rivals Manchester City, as they hope to land Chilean star Alexis Sanchez.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal are set to lose one of their prize assets, and unbeaten champions-elect City were favourites to land Sanchez &#8211; after they came close to sealing a deal last summer.<\/p>\n<p>City have continued to pursue him, but are believed to be unwilling to pay over the odds for a player who could be free in the summer, which has given an opportunity to their neighbours.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The odds have come in quicker than Sanchez himself,&#8221; said OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the turn of the year, United were just another team linked &#8211; they were as big as 20\/1 now they favourites across the board after Jose Mourinho confirmed his interest in landing the Arsenal man.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;United are now into 4\/6, which is just days after City were 2\/7 &#8211; but they are as long as 9\/4. We have yet to hear what City are planning, but if you think Sanchez will stick with his plan to sign for Pep &#8211; now could be the time to take this price.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Selected odds on Alexis Sanchez&#8217;s next club:<\/strong><br \/>\n4\/6 Manchester United<br \/>\n9\/4 Manchester City<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United may be about to inflict the first defeat of the season on rivals Manchester City, as they hope to land Chilean star Alexis Sanchez. 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