Chris Sutton believes Jadon Sancho's days at Manchester United are numbered after the winger hit back at Erik ten Hag on social media.
The 23-year-old was left out of the squad for United's 3-1 defeat by Arsenal, with Ten Hag stating after the match that he dropped him over his performances in training.
Sancho fired back on social media that the claims were 'completely untrue' and said that he has been made a scapegoat at Old Trafford.
It leaves Sancho, who joined the club for £73m in 2021, in a position which looks difficult to come back from, with it looking likely that his future will be away from the Red Devils.
Speaking on Mail Sport's It's All Kicking Off podcast, Chris Sutton, speaking to Ian Ladyman, questioned why Ten Hag made the matter public and why Sancho fired back at his manager on social media.
He said: 'I don't understand why Erik ten Hag would out him publicly and chuck him under the bus.'
After Ladyman responded that the Dutchman gave a 'straight answer' to a question, Sutton fired back: 'Well don't give a straight answer because the consequence of that is there is a good chance you're going to lose a talented player.
'By the way, I don't agree with Sancho and the way he's responded. What happened to going to knock on the manager's door if a manager has outed you publicly?
'I think it's a really stupid thing for Ten Hag to do. I mean it looks like Sancho's days are numbered at Manchester United.'
Ladyman referred back to Sancho's absence from the squad last season, in which Ten Hag said that the England international was not 'physically or mentally' ready to play.
The Mail Sport writer said that it would have been unfair on Sancho if people thought those problems had come back if Ten Hag had decided to go down
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