JADON SANCHO’S feud with Erik ten Hag began when the Manchester United boss reportedly decided three academy products had outshone the England winger in training.
Sancho was promptly dropped against Arsenal – with the resulting infamous row leaving him training and eating alone at the club.
Team-mates have urged the £73milion outcast to rescue himself from his extreme isolation by apologising to Ten Hag.
But with Sancho – who has now been left out of the annual team photo – appearing reluctant to back down, one major spark for the dispute has now been revealed.
The Times say Ten Hag was far more impressed by starlets Dan Gore, 19, 21-year-old Facundo Pellistri and Hannibal Mejbri, 20, than with Sancho as United practised ahead of a trip to the Emirates on September 3.
Cue the 23-year-old being totally axed from the squad – leading to dramatic claims, counter-claims and costly repercussions for Sancho.
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Ten Hag insisted the former Borussia Dortmund hero had been omitted due to his “training performance”.
But Sancho completely rejected this explanation in an extraordinary post on social media that he later deleted.
He started with “Please don’t believe everything you read!” before arguing he was being used as a “scapegoat” and would “not allow people to say things that are completely untrue”.
However, The Times now suggest Ten Hag believed it would have been unfair to leave out Gore, Pellistri and Mejbri last month following their own efforts in training.
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Since then Sancho has disappeared from the first-team picture – with a January transfer mooted.
Dortmund remain probably his biggest admirers and likeliest destination.
It’s thought the 23-cap Londoner has never come close to resolving his sad saga at United.
That’s despite senior Red Devils like Three Lions’ colleagues Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and Marcus Rashford trying to persuade Sancho to approach Ten Hag.
Instead, Pellistri and Mejbri were on the bench as United went into the international break with a last-gasp 2-1 comeback win over Brentford on October 7.
And Sancho will again be nowhere to be seen when the Red Devils resume their Premier League campaign at Sheffield United on Saturday.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
