Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho is causing Erik ten Hag quite the headache at the moment but it’s not the first time he has had issues.
Jadon Sancho has been at Manchester United for two years and has fallen spectacularly short of the expectations many had of him following his £73million move from Borussia Dortmund.
The winger was tipped for big things at Old Trafford, but two years and three managers later Sancho is firmly on the outside looking at Old Trafford.
He has made no secret of how unhappy he is about it. Following Sunday’s 3-1 defeat by Arsenal at the Emirates.
Erik ten Hag revealed that the 23-year-old had simply not picked purely because of his poor showing in training leading up to the clash.
“Jadon, on his performances in training we did not select him,” the Dutchman explained.
“You have to reach a level every day at Manchester United”
“we can make choices in the front line.
Sancho, keen to issue his side of the story, quickly uploaded a reply on social media that read:
“I will not allow people saying things that are completely untrue, I have conducted myself in training very well in training.
Jadon Sancho’s fall-out
In his first campaign in the Bundesliga, Sancho was send to train with the reserves after repeatedly showing up late for first-team training.
Two years later, after a particularly bad defeat at the hands of Bayern Munich.
The wide-man have felt ‘scapegoated and humiliated’, as per The Athletic.
Sancho was substitute in just 36 minutes into Bayern Munich’s 4-0 win.
He clearly felt was the wrong decision. As did the player’s camp, thinks the winger projected as the fall guy for such a game display.
Former Red Devil Ben Foster has not held back in his assessment of how Sancho handled Ten Hag’s public criticism,
Insisting that if Sir Alex Ferguson would still at the helm the player’s United career would be over.
Appearing on the United Stand, Foster claimed: “It is absolutely crazy.
If Alex Ferguson is manager and Jadon Sancho did this,
he would never see the light of day for Manchester United.
It is petulant, emotive, reactional and disrespectful.
