Sancho returned to Dortmund on loan in January (Picture: Getty)
Andy Cole believes Jadon Sancho could still earn a second chance at Manchester United with Sir Jim Ratcliffe and INEOS now at the helm.
Sancho was banished from the first-team by Erik ten Hag last September after the Dutchman accused the winger of a lack of effort in training. Sancho publicly challenged his manager, refusing to apologise after effectively calling him a liar.
Sancho returned to Borussia Dortmund on loan during the January transfer window, providing assists in his first two game back. However, his recent performances have attracted criticism, labelled ‘the worst player on the pitch’ by one German newspaper during Sunday’s defeat to Hoffenheim.
The England international is among the clutch of players United will look to cash in on this summer. Also on that list is Mason Greenwood, currently on loan at Getafe after United made a U-turn on reirrigating into the first-team last summer. Greenwood was charged with attempted rape, assault and coercive behaviour in January 2022 but the charges were dropped just over a year later.
Last week, Ratcliffe suggested the striker could still have a future at Old Trafford. Club great Cole believes the new co-owners could assess the futures of a number of players including Sancho, insisting the 23-year-old is still ‘a very talented player’.
‘Whether he does or doesn’t stay at Manchester United in the long-term, the kid is still a very talented player,’ Cole told Betfred.
‘You can all sit here and say he’s got to get his head right, but I think everyone needs to get their head and mindset right at times.
Sancho was banished from the first-team at the start of the season (Picture: Getty)
‘It’s not worked out for him at the moment at Manchester United, but you just never know what’s going to happen.
‘I listened to Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s comments the other day regarding Mason Greenwood and how a decision regarding his future will be made in the summer, so it looks like they’re going to go back to that situation and review it, so I believe that Sancho will be in that discussion as well.
‘Yes, he’s had a tough time, but can they address this problem? If they can’t address this problem, what is the best thing for Jadon Sancho as well as Manchester United? That’s the way they’ve got to look at things.
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‘If you look at Manchester United over the last 11 years, how many players have come to the club, who have had a lot expected of them, and it’s not worked out and it’s always been down to the player?
‘Everything can’t always be down to the player and everything can’t always be down to the club.
‘The culture isn’t right, so you’ve got to look at many different things because too many players, and too many good players, have come to Manchester United and it’s not worked out. For me, that doesn’t make sense.’
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