EPL 2016/17: Five players who have successfully transitioned to a new position

#2 Alexis Sanchez

Sanchez couldn’t stop scoring when he was played up front

Having scored 29 Premier League goals over the last two seasons, not many would have thought Sanchez's potential wasn't being utilised properly at Arsenal. But Arsene Wenger did, due to a combination of untimely injuries and his admiration of the Chilean's talents. Promptly, he decided to try Sanchez in the centre-forward role, moving him inside from the wing forward role.

The move has been a huge success. Though Wenger has tried a few other formations and combinations of players over the course of the season, the team enjoyed its best spell when Sanchez was the undisputed central striker.

With his ability to shoot from anywhere around the box, expose an opposition's high line of defence with his pace and press the opposition centre-backs to submission, Sanchez has been a revelation in his new role.

"He has all the ingredients to be a top-class striker," Wenger said back in December. "He's quick, he's quick to close down, he can dribble, he has a short back lift, he has a killer instinct."

He sure can. He sure has.