Alexis Sanchez breaks Manchester United record for shirt sales and social media interactions

• Alexis Sanchez breaks Manchester United record for shirt sales and social media interactions

Former Arsenal turn Manchester United striker, Alexis Sanchez whose joining the team is yet to be up to one month has broken Old Trafford records for shirt sales and social media interactions. The latest news was announced by the management of Manchester United.

The executive vice-chairman of the English club, Ed Woodward disclosed the figures during the club’s second quarter 2018 earnings report conference call, he also affirmed that a loss of £23m was made in the last 3 months.
According to Woodward, Sanchez didn't only break United records, but the interactions on social media following his transfer surpassed that of the highest paid player, Neymar transfer from Spanish club, Barcelona to France, PSG.

Further information showed that the post on Sanchez was United biggest post on Instagram as it amassed two million likes and comments, it is also the most shared United post on Facebook , the most retweeted United post on Twitter and the hashtag #Alexis7 earned a formost trending topic spot on Twitter globally.