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Sanchez posted a message on Instagram saying he would soon be heading to US
The Chilean forward was denied a visa following a tax fraud conviction in Spain
He has been training alone in Manchester while his team-mates are stateside
But United have confirmed that Sanchez's visa issues have been resolved
United play the first match of five in the US against Club America on Friday

Published: 09:16 EDT, 19 July 2018 | Updated: 11:27 EDT, 19 July 2018

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Alexis Sanchez is free to join Manchester United's pre-season tour of the United States after his visa issues were resolved.

The Chilean forward was unable to gain a visa to travel to Los Angeles with the rest of the United squad earlier this week because of problems relating to a conviction for tax fraud in Spain.

Sanchez has been training alone at United's Carrington base in Manchester, but an Instagram post after his fitness session on Thursday hinted that he would soon be jetting out, a fact now confirmed by the club.

Alexis Sanchez hinted he will be joining Manchester United's pre-season tour of the United States by posting this message on his Instagram account following training

Alexis Sanchez has been forced to stay in Manchester after being denied a visa to enter the US

MANCHESTER UNITED'S US MATCHES

July 20 - Club America, University of Phoenix Stadium, 1am BST

July 22 - San Jose Earthquakes, Levi's Stadium, 6pm BST

July 25 - AC Milan, Rose Bowl, 4am

July 28 - Liverpool, Michigan Stadium, 10pm

July 30 - Real Madrid, Hard Rock Stadium, 1am

Posting a selfie with his trainer, Sanchez wrote: 'The last training in Manchester' before writing 'Soon' and the American flag.

Although Sanchez won't play any part in United's first tour match - against Club America in the early hours of Friday morning - he could return for their second game against San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday.

Jose Mourinho's side then play Milan in Pasadena on July 25, Liverpool in Michigan on July 28 and Real Madrid in Miami on July 30 in the International Champions Cup.

The United manager admitted on Wednesday that not being able to work with Sanchez, not to mention the United players still on holiday after the World Cup, made him 'worried' about the start of the season.

Asked when Sanchez could fly out to the US, the United boss said: 'I don't know. It's really bad, really sad. It's not good for him, for me for the team, for the organisation of the (International Champions) cup. It's not good for anyone.

The Chilean trained alone at Carrington this week with his United team-mates in California

'But there is no-one to blame, the club is making the effort I have to respect the US authorities in their process of visas, but hopefully he join us later because it could be important to work with (Anthony) Martial, Alexis and (Juan) Mata who are the players we have in attack for start of the season.

'No (Romelu) Lukaku, (Jesse) Lingard, Marcus Rashford, so if Alexis is not working with us for 20 days it would be really bad.'

United's Premier League campaign begins on Friday August 10th with a home fixture against Leicester City, while they also travel to Germany for the friendly against Bayern Munich five days before that.