Sancho next? 8 players who left Man Utd in acrimonious circumstances

Jadon Sancho currently finds himself in a tricky situation with Manchester United and if sold in January, he wouldn't be the first player to leave the club on a sour note.

After Erik ten Hag omitted Sancho from the match-day squad to face Arsenal due to a poor standard of training, Sancho quickly bit back on social media to refute the claims.

In a now-deleted social media post, Sancho claimed that he is being made a 'scapegoat' by the manager which obviously hasn't been taken well by the club.

United themselves released a club statement and confirmed that Sancho will continue to train alone until a suitable resolution to the situation has been found.

It now seems more than likely that Sancho will leave the club, either in January or next summer. We've looked back on the recent history at United and have picked out eight players who have left the club in acrimonious circumstances.

A highly anticipated club-record arrival from Real Madrid in 2014, the Argentinian attacking midfielder failed to settle in Manchester, and despite registering five goals and 10 assists in his first season, requested to leave the club.

Di Maria even purposely skipped United's pre-season trip to USA without the club knowing why before joining PSG just a year after his arrival, and the 34-year-old is still disliked by the Old Trafford faithful to this day.

“My problem at Manchester was the coach,” Di Maria explained in 2021. “Van Gaal was the worst of my career. I would score, assist, and the next day he would show me my misplaced passes.

“He displaced me from one day to the other, he didn't like players being more than him,” Di Maria told Argentine TV network TyC Sports.

“I didn't give a f*** about the Manchester United No.7,” he said. “At first they