Borussia Dortmund are keeping tabs on Manchester United outcast Jadon Sancho ahead of a possible THIRD separate swoop for the forward, according to reports.
Sancho has been banished to the ‘Bomb Squad’ at Old Trafford and is not in Ruben Amorim’s plans after Chelsea paid a £5million penalty to send him back to United.
The 25-year-old had moved to the Blues on loan last summer after his relationship with Erik ten Hag broke down, but a permanent deal – and pay cut – did not materialise. As a result, United are again actively working to offload him.
However, Sky Germany have claimed that Sancho is ‘back on the agenda’ at Dortmund and officials at the Bundesliga giants are monitoring his situation.
United, it is said, will be happy to accept a bid between £16m-£18m, substantially lower than the £73m they splashed out to sign him from Dortmund in July 2021.
His first spell at the club cemented his status as one of the world’s best up-and-coming talents and he made an instant impact after returning to spend the second half of the 2023-24 campaign on loan, leading them to the Champions League final.
Borussia Dortmund are reportedly keeping tabs on Jadon Sancho’s situation at Man United
Sancho has been banished to United’s ‘Bomb Squad’ and is not in Ruben Amorim’s plans
Amorim wants to sell Sancho and his fellow wantaways to raise funds for more signings
Across both stints at Dortmund, Sancho made 158 appearances, scoring 53 goals.
The winger has also been linked with Juventus and earlier this month, it was reported that his agent jetted out to Turin in a bid to break a £5m deadlock with United.
Sancho joined fellow wantaways Alejandro Garnacho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia in missing the Red Devils’ pre-season tour in the US – while Marcus Rashford secured a dream move to Barcelona – but Amorim admitted he could look to re-integrate them.
United want to offload all four players to fund new signings.
‘We are just allowing these players to have time to think and to decide,’ Amorim said. ‘If we reach a point where they have to join the team, they will join because they are our players. I know Jason, Omar and the club have a number for these players.
‘If they don’t reach that, they will be Manchester United players, no doubt about that. I understand the clubs are waiting for the last minute, but they can have a surprise.
‘I’m ready to receive the players. They have more competition. If you want to play in the World Cup next year you need to play, so I’m really happy with that because I have more options. If they have to fight each other to play, for me it’s perfect.’
Asked about the decision to leave four players behind, Amorim said that it was important to have a ‘healthy’ squad who appreciate what it means to be at United.
Sancho has already spent two different spells at Dortmund, who he left for United back in 2021
Chelsea opted to pay a £5million penalty fee after deciding not to sign him permanently
Amorim admitted he could bring his ‘Bomb Squad’ back in from the cold if they aren’t offloaded
‘If you see the best teams in the world, you feel the bond between all the players. I think that is really important,’ the head coach added. ‘Then I think we need to remind ourselves how special it is to be at Manchester United. It’s the best club in the world.
‘It should be for everyone that is on the pitch with our club.
‘I really like that feeling. I really like to be in the group that is healthy. We are going to suffer and have problems. That feeling of bonding from everybody – from the staff, from the players, with the technical staff – is really important.
‘I think it can help us to win some games that we are not performing so well, but something happened because the spirit is positive.’
