Liverpool advised to steal Sancho from Man Utd with January transfer exit likely

Liverpool were urged to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund in 2021 - just months before Manchester United broke the bank to land him.

The England international, 23, is expected to leave Old Trafford in January after a public spat with Erik ten Hag. The Red Devils boss dropped Sancho in September after accusing him of training poorly - with the winger hitting back at his manager on social media.

Ten Hag was angered by Sancho's response and is now refusing to play him. Sancho has struggled since his £73million switch from Germany, scoring just nine goals and providing six assists in 58 Premier League games to drop out of the England squad.

With his career stalling, it seems Sancho joined the wrong club back in the summer of 2021. Liverpool were linked with the player before his move to Old Trafford, with one of their former stars telling Jurgen Klopp to make Dortmund an irresistible offer.

Fabio Borini - who was Brendan Rodgers' first signing as Liverpool boss back in July 2012 - told Klopp to swoop for Sancho in April 2021. The Englishman was an exciting prospect after scoring 38 goals and providing 51 assists in 104 Bundesliga games for Dortmund.

"Looking at Liverpool's competitors I think more depth in the attacking positions would do the team good," Borini told Caught Offside. "Jadon Sancho would be a great signing and it would be fun to steal him from Manchester United."

Sancho's move to Merseyside never materialised, but could it be back on the cards in January? It seems unlikely that United would sell the £73m man to their biggest rivals, but the row between Sancho and Ten Hag, that started after United's 3-1 loss to Arsenal at the beginning of September, shows no sign of stopping.

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