English left winger Jadon Sancho is only 25 years old, but as much as he is in the media, we have the feeling that he is at least a hundred years old. – Manchester United negotiated with Borussia Dortmund for almost a year about a transfer and ended up paying 85 million euros in the summer of 2021.
There have been glimpses of the greatness that we saw in the Bundesliga after his move to Old Trafford, but it has been few and far between and even longer after Erik ten Hag arrived in Manchester. Jadon Sancho ended up in the Dutch manager’s freezer and spent the spring of 2024 on loan “at home” in Dortmund.
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They were offered to buy, but both the salary and the purchase price were too high. – This spring, Jadon Sancho is on loan at Stamford Bridge, this time not with an option to buy, but a purchase obligation. A commitment that Chelsea are likely to buy out of.
The German newspaper Bild now reports that sources close to Jadon Sancho say that “his desire to return to the Bundesliga is growing every day.” Sancho is said to have told his advisors that he wants to return to Dortmund.
Bayer Leverkusen are also said to be interested in the 25-year-old, whose contract with United expires in June 2026.
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