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20th Aug 2018

Alexis Sanchez deletes tweets after furious reaction from Manchester United supporters

It's all about timing

Darragh Murphy

Surely Alexis Sanchez could have waited a couple of days before tweeting about his new fashion range.

Manchester United supporters were still coming to terms with their side’s unexpected 3-2 defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion on Sunday afternoon when Sanchez took to Twitter to offer an ill-timed update on his side project.

On Monday, Sanchez posted a couple of tweets which showed off some designs from his fashion collection, Alexis by JJO.

One tweet featured several photographs of the United forward modelling some outfits while another, a video, was even less well-received.

The Chilean was inundated with cries to delete the posts and he soon acquiesced, removing both.

https://twitter.com/OBJDEE/status/1031515850392707075

https://twitter.com/TyroDolo/status/1031516422671949824

https://twitter.com/dannyking_92/status/1031526174004924416

If he wants to avoid another backlash, perhaps Sanchez should wait for a more opportune time to promote his clothing than the day after an embarrassing defeat, when some fans appear to be turning on the manager.

The 29-year-old was missing for Sunday’s game due to injury and could well be out for United’s clash with Spurs next Monday too.

“I don’t know really [the extent of Sanchez’s injury],” Mourinho said. “Let’s wait for the results of the studies.

“But I don’t think it’s a big thing. I think it will be one or two weeks maximum.”