Erik ten Hag makes feelings on Jadon Sancho clear with blunt answer as Man Utd 'prepare to sell' winger

Erik ten Hag has made his feelings clear on Jadon Sancho amid reports Manchester United are preparing to let the winger leave in January.

On Friday Sky Sports claimed exit routes out of United were opening up for Sancho with clubs from Serie A, the Bundesliga and Turkey's Super Lig exploring the possibility of loaning him on a short-term deal in January.

Sancho has spent weeks exiled from the United squad after a public fallout with manager Erik ten Hag in the wake of United’s 3-1 defeat to Arsenal in September.

Ten Hag said Sancho had not made the squad for the game after failing to meet the standards required in training, a claim the winger labelled on social media as “completely untrue”.

And a contingent of teams have allegedly started to hold internal discussions over the 23-year-old, and are looking to collect information around his physical shape, financial expectations, and United's future.

Meanwhile, transfer guru Fabrizio Romano claimed on X, the social media platform formally known as Twitter, that a January exit was likely for Sancho.

At Friday's press conference ahead of the trip to face Sheffield United on Saturday, Ten Hag told reporters when asked about Sancho: "I've said everything there is to be said about it." You can check it out in the below video.

Sancho remains on an individual training programme and is using the academy facilities at Carrington away from the first team.

Indeed, safeguarding rules mean Sancho must be on his own in the changing room and lock the door before getting undressed, given the building houses minors.

The player is still being overseen by fitness staff and coaches, while he has medical support and access to all other training ground essentials.

It has been widely reported that Sancho needs to apologise to Ten Hag to have any chance of returning to the first-team picture, with senior players in the squad having implored him to make amends with his manager.

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Topics: Football, Erik Ten Hag, Manchester United, Jadon Sancho

Chris Byfield

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