Since the Chilean moved to Old Trafford from Arsenal in a swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan, fans, and now seemingly the management, have been left totally underwhelmed.
And when he is earning £505,000-a-week, it looks to be one of the worst transfers of recent times.
The 29-year-old has scored just two goal in 18 games, with his last Premier League goal astonishingly coming SIX MONTHS ago.
But Neville, who has been critical of many things at United this season, seemed to have a more sympathetic stance with Sanchez.
Speaking on Sky Sports, the footie star turned pundit said: "People keep asking me about this player and that player. I must have been asked about ten different players at Manchester United.
"What’s going on with Anthony Martial, with Paul Pogba, Alexis Sanchez, Luke Shaw – the answer is I haven’t got a clue.
"Sanchez looks like a shadow of the player United signed. He looks like a shadow of the player Arsenal had.
"Sanchez has been a warrior of a player to watch over the last few years. You don’t become a bad player overnight.
“The idea that he now looks the way he does, more than anything I feel sad. When you see a player struggling like that it’s just sad, you know that player has been a great player over the last few years.
“He’s a fighter, he chases back, he’s a hurrier and a scurrier. He’s everything you want to see on a football pitch. I expected him to hit the ground running this season and I’ve just got no answer for it."
SunSport has exclusively revealed how Sanchez is at breaking point with Jose Mourinho and has talked with his agent about how to sort out the mess.
The striker, 29, blanked his Manchester United boss following Tuesday’s 0-0 draw with Valencia.
Sanchez was subbed off for the fourth time in as many starts and received ironic cheers from fans when his number went up.
But he was already fuming at being played out of position wide right, while Marcus Rashford got his preferred spot on the left of a front three.
Sanchez has regularly clashed with Mourinho over his role in the team.
A source close to the player said: “He is totally fed up and at the end of his tether with Mourinho.
“The idea he was sold about his part in this team has not played out.
“He knows he can’t leave right now but is in talks with his agent about what they can do to try and sort the situation out.”
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