Manchester United already have perfect £37m replacement for Jadon Sancho
As one door closes, another one opens.
Manchester United have not had the quiet international break Erik ten Hag might have been hoping for with two ousted internationals taking up his attention. Donny van de Beek has been unable to secure a proposed move away from Old Trafford this summer and the one remaining escape route for the former Ajax protégé is the Turkish market. That transfer window remains open until September 15.
Van de Beek was omitted from the 25-man Champions League squad chosen by Ten Hag this week, while one player who did survive the cut has since left him with an important decision to make. But what will happen to Jadon Sancho following that exchange with his manager that was played out in public through media channels?
Perhaps, there is no short answer to that, but Sancho will definitely not be following the other man who dared to cross Ten Hag - Cristiano Ronaldo - after the lucrative Saudi Arabia market closed on Thursday night. Despite a few late murmurings, the numbers did not add up even for a loan switch.
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United have obvious transfer priority during January window
Assuming he stays, things will evidently need to be worked out behind the scenes, should he go elsewhere, either now or on January, United will need a replacement. They might even have an in-house solution.
Before sanctioning a move for Sancho when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was manager, United did business with Atalanta for Amad Diallo to address long-standing concerns on their right-hand side. Other deals have been struck in that same position since then - for big money - but the door is now
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