Erik ten Hag mentioned on Friday he doesn’t know whether or not exiled ahead Jadon Sancho will ever play for Manchester United once more.
Sancho has been banished to coach away from United’s first workforce after the England worldwide angered Ten Hag when he claimed he was a “scapegoat” after he was dropped for a defeat at Arsenal earlier in September.
Multiple reviews recommend Ten Hag has demanded an apology and that Sancho won’t return to first-team coaching till he does so.
Ten Hag has hinted it was not the one incident involving Sancho that was considered when deciding the punishment.
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The 23-year-old spent a part of final season coaching on his personal within the Netherlands after Ten Hag mentioned he was not in the correct bodily and psychological situation to play for United.
Speaking forward of Saturday’s Premier League recreation towards Brighton, the United boss mentioned he didn’t know the way lengthy Sancho’s disciplinary process would final or whether or not he’ll characterize United once more.
Asked whether or not the previous Borussia Dortmund star would pull on the United shirt once more, Ten Hag mentioned: “I don’t know. I’m sitting right here. Tomorrow we’ve got an enormous recreation, we’re going into a brand new block of video games, many video games in a condensed programme. I deal with that.”
Sancho was linked with a transfer to Saudi Arabia earlier than the switch deadline however will now stay a United participant at the least till the window reopens in January.
It is a startling fall from grace for Sancho, who was hailed as one among English soccer’s rising stars when he joined United from Dortmund in 2021.
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Ten Hag was clearly irked at having to reply so many questions on Sancho on the eve of an necessary recreation for his workforce, who’ve made a disappointing begin to the Premier League season.
“He isn’t obtainable, so on this second, he isn’t necessary, as a result of he can’t contribute,” Ten Hag mentioned.
Ten Hag, who claimed he inherited a membership with “no good tradition” when he took over United final yr, was at pains to emphasize that he was not targeted on Sancho.
“It’s in favour of the workforce. That is what my determination relies on,” he mentioned.
“That isn’t about me, and to be strict. No. This is in favour of the workforce. I don’t take into consideration that (Sancho’s tweet) and I don’t discuss that, as a result of I’ve to win a recreation. It is all about that.
“The gamers who’re there and obtainable deserve me. I’ve to information them, I’ve to arrange them, it’s about that. I solely deal with the gamers who can be found.”
