Manchester United’s Jadon Sancho to train away from first team group due to disciplinary issue

Jadon Sancho will remain on a personal training programme away from the first-team group, pending resolution of a squad discipline issue, Manchester United announced on Thursday.

Earlier this week, the winger had deleted his social media post in which he claimed he was being made a “scapegoat.”

This was after manager Erik ten Hag, after the Arsenal game, had said that Sancho was dropped for the Premier League game because of below-par displays in training, sparking an angry reaction from the England star.

ℹ️ The club clarifies the current situation with Jadon Sancho.#MUFC

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) September 14, 2023

The development had come after reported showdown talks between Sancho and Ten Hag and the 23-year-old’s decision is being viewed as a positive outcome.

Aafter United were beaten by Arsenal a few weeks ago, Ten Hag had said that Sancho was left out because of “his performances in training.”

“You have to reach a level every day at Manchester United and we can make choices in the front line,” Ten Hag had said.

Thereafter Sancho took to X, formerly Twitter, and wrote: :conducted myself in training very well this week” and he didn’t want to let “people saying things that (are) completely untrue.”

“I believe there are other reasons for this matter that I won’t go into,” Sancho wrote. “l’ve been a scapegoat for a long time which isn’t fair!

“All I want to do is play football with a smile on my face and contribute to my team. I respect all decisions that are made by the coaching staff, I play with fantastic players and (am) grateful to do so which I know every week is a challenge. I will continue to fight for this badge no matter what!”