Jadon Sancho has been told he made a 'mistake' joining Manchester United in the summer on the day he was dropped from Gareth Southgate's England squad over a lack of game-time.
Sancho, 21, looked set to be the next Old Trafford superstar when he swapped Borussia Dortmund for United in a £75m deal in July, but that move was soon eclipsed by Cristiano Ronaldo's return and the winger has found it hard to break his way into Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's team, even as they have struggled for form.
Sancho suffered another setback on Thursday as he was overlooked for England manager Gareth Southgate's squad, and Germany legend Lothar Matthaus believes the youngster will be regretting his summer switch now.
Speaking to Sky Sports, Matthaus said: 'You see the players who are playing in Man United. You have Rashford, you have Ronaldo... this means you have two from three and then you have another four players who can play in the third position and one of these three or four players is Sancho.
'I don't know how he is training at Man United, he has to work very hard to make this step in the first 11 and now he's far away from the first 11.'
Asked if Sancho might be thinking that moving to United from Dortmund was a mistakes, Matthaus responded emphatically: 'When I see how many minutes he was playing this season or which games he was playing then I think it was a mistake. Maybe he has more money but he has less games.'
Sancho spent four years at Dortmund after arriving from United's rivals Manchester City. He scored 50 goals in 137 games in Germany, twice being named in the Bundesliga team of the year and becoming a regular in England squads.
He made three appearances at Euro 2020, including starting the quarter-final win over Ukraine, but missed a penalty in the shootout defeat by Italy in the final. The south Londoner has started just five times in 11 appearances for United and is yet to score for the club.
Matthaus, 60, is a former Ballon d'Or winner who won the World Cup and European Championship with Germany and West Germany, for whom he amassed a combined total of 150 caps. He won seven Bundesliga titles across two spells with Bayern Munich, while also won Serie A with Inter Milan.
Botdkmnz
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Man utd is shiit..... Sancho would hav done well in Chelsea or Liverpool
Greatness142
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Sometimes we had a nightmare and called it a Dream, Hazard is another witness💔
jonatzDjango
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English media overrates english players. Yet there are players like Son that deserve more credit.
Chelsea_Fox☆addict
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Manchester United and making world class players flop be like
TIMMY-FAILURE
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Mistakes were made! We bought the wrong Sancho
U.S.A1616312
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Sancho had been wanting to come to Man U for a longtime. I don’t know who you are to think that he made a mistake. Sancho did not come to this team and be the magician. He came to be a part of a team in process of rebuilding. The team has play together and practice together and find the system to adopt for it to be running well and stay in winning form. This is not an overnight adventure. A suitable coach may have to come in too. The one player you mention is not to blame for anything that goes wrong at anytime. Sancho wants to play at Man U and he plays at Man you until Sancho does not want to play at Man U. And on only Sancho and Sancho alone reserves the right to qualify his movement from one team to another. You to have the right to make money from voicing you opinion. Just stay in your lane. At least ask why Sancho left Dortmund, then as why he chose Man U. I am giving you so much respect already.
General_Sine
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He never made any mistake joining united but Ole is the one ruining his career Sancho can never fit in ole's tactics
SawHotz
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Sancho? More like Bencho🤣
Botdkmnz
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Man utd is shiit..... Sancho would hav done well in Chelsea or Liverpool
or man City
emabkr42
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Man utd is shiit..... Sancho would hav done well in Chelsea or Liverpool
yess man u the club destroyer.. for young kid