Man Utd scrambling to get Sanchez visa in time to feature on US tour

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is the one player that can ill afford to be without on their pre-season tour of America.In the absence of a raft of World Cup stars, Sanchez was the biggest name in the United squad expected to land in Los Angeles last weekend.Instead, the club’s highest earner on £500,000-a-week was left at home in Manchester, unable to get a visa to enter the US.Sanchez has been working with his lawyer Ruben Inostroza Povea and United’s legal team to resolve the issue, which relates to him accepting a 16-month prison sentence in February for defrauding the Spanish tax authorities of £885,000 during his time as a Barcelona player.It is hoped that the 29-year-old will be able to obtain a visa waiver in time to join up with the five-match tour, which begins with a game against MLS side Club America in Phoenix in the early hours of Friday morning. But his absence in the US would be a blow to both United and the organisers of the International Champions Cup who have set up exhibition games for Jose Mourinho’s side against AC Milan, Liverpool and Real Madrid.Aside from the fact that Mourinho needs as much time as possible to work with a player who struggled for form after joining the club from Arsenal in January, this is not a United squad brimming with its usual collection of big names.The World Cup in Russia means that most of United’s stars won’t be seen Stateside this summer. Indeed, Anthony Martial, Juan Mata, Ander Herrera, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Eric Bailly, Luke Shaw, Matteo Darmian, Scott McTominay and Sergio Romero are the only recognisable first-team players in a squad bolstered by the inclusion of no fewer than seven teenagers and new signing Diogo Dalot.Sanchez, a South American star with Chile who would appeal to the Hispanic football fans in California, Arizona and Miami, where United end their tour against Madrid, is not a man whose absence can be easily overlooked. Nor are the American public so easily satisfied these days.ICC organisers have already been forced to downgrade United’s game against Milan from the 90,000-capacity Pasadena Rose Bowl to the 27,000 StubHub Center in Carson City. MAN UTD PRE-SEASON  Club America (Phoenix Stadium, Arizona) 3am San Jose Earthquakes, Levi’s Stadium, California) Midnight AC Milan (International Champions Cup – StubHub Center, California) 4am Liverpool (International Champions Cup – Michigan Stadium, Michigan) 10pm Real Madrid (International Champions Cup – Hard Rock Stadium, Florida) 1amBayern Munich (Allianz Arena) 7.15pm *All dates and times BST Although United’s clash with Liverpool in the Big House in Michigan is a 102,000 sell-out, the club emailed fans on Monday advertising ticket availability for other games.High ticket prices are not helping matters. More than 80,000 fans saw United play the LA Galaxy at the Rose Bowl when Louis van Gaal’s side toured America in 2014, and the

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