Chilean forward Alexis Sanchez showed his importance to Inter during the 1-0 victory over Torino on Wednesday evening, according to a report in the Italian print media today.

As has been reported by La Gazzetta dello Sport, Alexis Sanchez displayed why he is still worth keeping for Inter because he got very close to scoring his third goal in consecutive matches despite rarely being involved in the starting line ups.

Only the post stopped Alexis Sanchez from adding a second goal for Inter when he came onto the pitch and that shows the importance of having players of Alexis Sanchez’s quality on the pitch ready to impact a game.

Besides the undoubted quality of the player, Inter are still keen to move the player on as hos high wages could be reinvested into new younger players.

Barcelona have been linked with the player but that move does not look likely.