The former Arsenal and Man Utd player is returning to Udinese after 13 years

Former Arsenal and Man Utd player Alexis Sanchez has returned to Italian club Udinese after a 13-year absence from the club.

Now 35, Sanchez played 33 times in all competitions for Inter last season, scoring four times and helping the club to the Serie A title, before leaving at the end of his contract.

That came after a successful year in France with Marseille – who he joined from Inter for one season – scoring 18 times in 44 appearances in all competitions.

Sanchez last played for Udinese between 2006 and 2011, scoring 21 goals in 112 appearances in all competitions, and has joined the club on a two-year contract. Udinese won just six of their 38 Serie A games last season, but drew 19 to help them finish 15th with 37 points, two points above relegation.

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A 166-year-old Chilean international, Sanchez left Udinese in 2011 for Barcelona and won numerous trophies with the Blaugrana – including the 2012/13 La Liga title – during a 141-game, 47-goal spell before joining Arsenal. in 2014.

At the Emirates, Sanchez would go on to score 80 goals in 166 games, winning two FA Cups and the Community Shield, before leaving for Manchester United between January 2018 and the summer of 2019.

Sanchez is the seventh Udinese signing in the summer transfer window, joining Lorenzo Lucca, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, ​​Damian Pizarro, Jesper Karlstrom, Iker Bravo and Goncalo Esteves.