JADON SANCHO is “leaning towards” leaving Manchester United in January, but will reportedly wait until the club’s ownership situation is sorted.
Florian Plettenberg reports that a loan with an option to buy is still the most realistic possibility of Sancho leaving the club.
Italian giants Juventus hold a concrete interest in the winger as they look to challenge Inter to win the Serie A.
In terms of a transfer fee, there is reportedly no fixed price tag – and Sancho not playing for the club since September is only diminishing his value.
Sancho is playing a waiting game, however, with Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s minority investment in United set to be completed soon.
Ratcliffe is understood to be a big fan of ten Hag, but the manager is coming under significant pressure following a string of poor results.
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Sancho and ten Hag remain in a standoff dating back to September when the winger was left out of the squad for the 3-1 defeat against Arsenal.
Sancho took to social media to claim that he had been made a “scapegoat” after ten Hag revealed he’d left him out of the squad for training poorly.
Although he has since deleted the posts, ten Hag is refusing to include the winger in his squad until Sancho apologises for his comments.
The winger has been axed from United’s WhatsApp group after already being barred from training with the senior side or using any of their facilities, including the canteen.
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Both his team-mates and club staff urged Sancho — who joined from Borussia Dortmund for £73m in July 2021 — to back down and apologise to ten Hag but it’s clear now that an apology will not be forthcoming.
Juventus, who are prepared to offer Sancho a lifeline to revive his career, are also understood to be interested in Donny van de Beek who signed for United for £34m in 2020.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
