Hoping this is just so his sell on price is bumped up because he has been nothing but unimpressive in a United shirt.
Sancho back in training
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I still think he will be sold, but United no longer look like desperate sellers, which should preserve a bit of value.
I thought the same at first, but then it doesn’t really make sense if it isn’t true. By playing along he’d only really be helping the club get a bigger fee, so what’s in it for him? He’d get his move either way, and hasn’t been bothered about not playing/training with the reserves previously so it can’t be that. He’s also got form for putting out instagram posts denying whatever the club/Ten Hag say if it isn’t true.
We don't need him. Toxic personality, inflated sense of self worth, can't deliver in the PL. Get rid at any price.
Liverpool and Leicester at home, and Southampton away last season. It was a nice little run of form and then he shit the bed. I think there might have been a game under Rangnick where he looked good, but I've honestly blocked out most of that man's tenure. Oh and obviously the preseasons. That's it, I think, with him ranging from abject shit to poor in the other 50 games or so.
It's a big ask for a player to come good 3 years after a £73m move, which is why the smart money is on Sancho having another strop before he puts another 3 good competitive performances together. But we live in hope.
I saw interview few years back here in Finland where one well known coach told that he was watching Dortmund match from a good seats, followed Sancho all game and wonder why this guy is so hyped. He told that he didn´t see anything special in him. At the time i was sure he was wrong but actually i have never seen anything special in him at United either. He has bad attitude problems or he just isnt that good footballer. Or both.
No one else wants or can afford him so he stays. Overrated. He won’t get any better, he’ll have an odd moment or two but will never be consistent. Someone we’ll look back on and wonder what could’ve been.
Oh yeh, we actually have adults at the club now running things! Forgot what that was like
Negative of this is if Amads development gets hampered and I'm sort of waiting for the next time the going gets tough and how sanchos unprofessionalism will impact the squad.
He isn’t good enought to make the first 11 but he can fight it out with Antony as a bench option.
So nobody wants to fork out for him and we can't afford another winger.
Guy is a waste of space. Very disappointing if he stays.
Trying to preserve the very last remnants of his professional reputation? Which will be important if he wants to move to a decent club.
So no buyers, back to square one.
Bad apple
He needs to get fit. The way the brief is worded is they’ve agreed he’s integrated back into the first team and he’s available for pre-season selection. It suits both parties - I’m sure he didn’t want to train with the youth again all pre-season and play zero games.
Think he'll be sold, but if we are going to look for 50 million. Then having him not train or train why the youth team is not the way to get it... Let it look like we're willing to keep him.
Thanks so much for being a supportive and optimistic fan. I feel like we need you and many more like you in this moment. Too many Mark Goldbridge and likes pretending to be fans and football experts.
When that said, I would support a Sancho sale, but the optimistic fanboy inside me would love to see him flourish. He’s still just 24 so definitely has time on his side.
I mean, you have to assume Sancho actually does like playing football.
It's an interesting development, this. Did INEOS put the hammer down and told Ten Hag and Sancho to figure this out? Is it all a ploy to make it look like United still wants Sancho, to obtain a stronger negotiation position for Sancho's sale? Or this is a genuine move from Sancho and Ten Hag, and a fresh start for their collaboration?
To be honest, I'm putting more faith in either of the first two scenarios, but we'll probably only find out later in the fall, when the summer retrospectives will be coming out.
Looks like theatrics to me to turn an unsellable asset into a sellable one. If he is not gone this window he will be in January. Sancho crossed a line.
I was genuinely surprised by this. I hope the decision has been made for footballing and not financial reasons
I agrre. We should all hold each other hands and sing Kumbayaaaa.
Back to Sancho, he will be sold, imho. Can't see him staying after all shenanigans.
I don't think you can reintegrate him for real unless there's a massive turnaround in attitude.
Let him train and hopefully someone will come knocking with a decent fee so that all parties can move on.
Let him train and hopefully someone will come knocking with a decent fee so that all parties can move on.
I agree. I also think he will be sold. This is a great way of protecting the value of the asset.
However, my point about being a positive fan still stands.
Hopefully this is a tactic to preserve some kind of market value and not a serious attempt to reintegrate him into the squad. I don't see him getting any meaningful game time when the season starts but hopefully he looks decent enough in pre season for another club to take a punt on the man child. Seriously hope he's gone by the start of the season.
Hoping this is some sort of method to get some decent coin for this lad.
Hope they'll still try to sell. It's not the toxicity for me, I'm sure they buried the hatchet, it's just that our current situation doesn't seem to be in need of Sancho. Rashford and Garnacho seem nailed on to play, Antony is still here and I thought Amad was supposed to get a bigger role. Sure we play like 50-60 games, but it doesn't make sense to me that he would be a 4th or 5th option. Better take that money if you can get something for him, you're going to make a loss anyway. Get rid of his humongous contract and if you're in absolute need because of another injury crisis just promote someone from the youth or seek a loan deal in january. He doesn't seem worth keeping to me.
If he plays this season it will be interesting to see the reception he gets at OT.
Yeah pretty pleasant feelingOh yeh, we actually have adults at the club now running things! Forgot what that was like
Well at the very least him sitting at home and not training etc is only going to decrease his value and give us a weaker hand.
On the optimistic side hopefully he has turned a corner and is ready to put some effort in.
On the optimistic side hopefully he has turned a corner and is ready to put some effort in.
I don't think he'd be 1st choice from the get-go even if he puts in the effort in training.
I dont think he has played that well for us. However, it's a win win situation here. If we don't want him, he will be sold cheap. Maybe we are making people think we want to keep him and can ask for a higher price. His wage is too high. It will be good to trim that.
Antony and Sancho fighting it out on the right with Pellestri struggling to warm the bench is mid table vibes
I still have hope in him. If we become a possession team with a functional midfield then his ability to beat a man will be helpful. His lack of speed also will be masked when we dominate the opposition field.
Interesting development, I did not see that coming. It shows a lot from the manager that he can take a strong line but if you do learn from your mistakes he will forgive. That's an impressive quality because it would be very simple to just insist on his departure given he did okay on loan and there should be a market. I guess he could still depart but this opens up other possibilities.
That said, is he good enough and suitable to the league? Absolutely nothing to demonstrate it so far but of course he has ability. Stranger things have happened than a redemption story but at the same time.. it'd still be bloody strange.
That said, is he good enough and suitable to the league? Absolutely nothing to demonstrate it so far but of course he has ability. Stranger things have happened than a redemption story but at the same time.. it'd still be bloody strange.
Sancho said he's a left winger, wonder if hel kick up a fuss again if he's asked to go right.
Prefer Antony.
Smells like he didn't have any options.
It is very simple for everyone. There is only a few rules, come on time for training, train hard, deliver on match day. These rules apply for everyone including Rashford, Antony, Amad and all. Whatever kiss and make up, who cares?! That's United expectation.
United has reportedly agreed the sale of Greenwood north of £20M. You can't possibly believe Sancho is an "unsellable asset"