Manchester United star Jadon Sancho will not have his contract terminated – though the club do back manager Erik ten Hag over the recent dispute over his future.
The Dutchman told reporters that Sancho had not trained well, when asked why the winger had been left out of his matchday squad against Arsenal at the weekend. In response, Sancho contracted his manager, taking to Twitter to give an impassioned defence in which he claimed he was a "scapegoat".
"Please don't believe everything you read! I will not allow people saying things that is completely untrue," he wrote. "I have conducted myself in training very well this week. I believe there are other reasons for this matter that I won't go into; I've been a scapegoat for a long time, which isn't fair!"
In light of the situation, Florian Pettenburg of Sky Germany says that a contract termination is completely out of the question for the star, who Manchester United paid upwards of £70 million for in 2021.
The Guardian, however, claims that the Red Devils are backing the manager in this particular situation. It is therefore likely then, that the situation is resolved between the player and the manager in the coming weeks, with the English transfer window having just ended.
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Appearing on his FIVE YouTube channel, former United captain Rio Ferdinand suggested that Sancho pursue a move to Saudi Arabia, claimng, "There's two ways this ends. There's only one window open now and that's Saudi [Arabia] – or you're on the bench or not getting in the squad for the rest of the season."
While there are definite parallels with the Cristiano Ronaldo situation of last season, however, Ten Hag has fallen out with former stars in the past and made up with them.
In 2022, Ten Hag dropped Andre Onana for Ajax's Dutch Cup final appearance against PSV following remarks the goalkeeper made following criticism over a high-profile mistake – before signing him at United this summer.
Sancho is valued at €45m by Transfermarkt.
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