Signing this guy will make such a difference to our team.
People say that Sancho will just be stranded when playing in front of Wan-Bissaka as he will be the sole quality right-sided attacker. However, this is wrong for two reasons. Firstly, I am looking at it the other way round’. Due to AWB already being the best defensive RB in the world, Sancho will be able to defend less and conserve his energy for creating and scoring goals, while providing long sought-after attacking balance to our team.
Also, while AWB still has a lot to improve on in terms of progressive passing, dribbling and crossing (he is already decent and will only get better), I think his final-third positioning and overlapping is already impeccable. Just look at the sheer amount of space Greenwood gets during various moments in games, and how AWB himself looks when paired with Mason. When he plays with James, who at the moment is nowhere near Mason and a Championship player, James does not know how to use the space AWB creates for him, which does AWB’s attacking a massive disservice. With Sancho, it will be like his current partnership with Mason, but better as Sancho is further along in his development.
Besides, when a truly world class player like Sancho joins, they normally provide a spark to a team. Just look at RvP, Aguero and Costa. All 3 of United, City and Chelsea won the PL title in these world class attackers first seasons’ after not winning it the previous season, and were all carried by these respective players. An added bonus is that Sancho lived in Manchester for a few years and knows what an honour it is to play for United. I’m not saying we’ll win the league next season with Sancho, but if we do get him, I really don’t think we will be far off. 3rd at worst, and that is only if we do not sign any other players.
Woodward, pay the money. Even if we cannot shed any deadwood this summer, Manchester United can afford to lose £120m on a world class player. If it goes well, Sancho will bag us a fortune in prize money and shirt sales over the next 10 years anyway.