Sancho is running out of time at United

THERE’S A BIG SEASON AHEAD FOR REDS’ £73M WINGER

- TYRONE MARSHALL

BY the end of next season Jadon Sancho will have two years left on his United contract and it might be approaching the time when a decision has to be taken on his future.

As with most modern deals, the five-year contract the winger signed when joining from Borussia Dortmund for £73m includes the option of an extra year, so he could be tied down until 2027, but to earn that he needs to show a considerable improvement on his first couple of seasons.

It maybe sums up United’s occasional transfer misfortune that the player on which they struck what seemed at the time to be an excellent deal has so far failed to live up to that value. In 2020 Borussia Dortmund wanted £108m for Sancho and the Reds refused to play ball. A year later they had saved themselves £35m.

The problem is Sancho doesn’t look like a £73m winger on the evidence of his two years at Old Trafford. His first campaign was difficult, with the season unravelling under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and then falling apart completely when Ralf Rangnick came in.