Arsenal paid £30million to sign Alexis Sanchez
from Barcelona in the summer, with the forward
signing a long-term contract worth £150,000-a-
week.
But life wasn’t always so plain sailing for
Sanchez, who has revealed all about his struggles
growing up in one of the poorest parts of Chile.
Along with playing football in the street, he used
to do all sorts of jobs to earn money for his
family, from performing flips, washing cars and
even boxing other kids.
‘As I could do somersaults, people would say to
me ‘do a somersault and we’ll give you 50 or 100
Pesos,’ he explained.
Sanchez got into football after the Mayor bought
him some boots (Picture: Getty)
‘I also used to clean cars. I got my first pair of
football boots from the local Mayor, who bought
them for me after my mum went to see him.
‘I was totally made up – like a dog with two
tails.’
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