How Jadon Sancho went from the signing of the summer to Erik ten Hag’s fifth choice at Manchester United
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jadon Sancho’s final kick of a ball in a Manchester United shirt was a missed opportunity that came at a cost: the rather tame penalty that Ederson saved in the Community Shield shootout. After a cameo for United – less than some expected, after there was a possibility Sancho could start as a false nine – came confirmation of his place in Ten Hag’s pecking order. And if United never quite worked out what Sancho was, Ten Hag’s verdict that he was worse than the abject Antony may have constituted too great an insult. open image in gallery Jadon Sancho’s last competitive kick for Manchester United was a missed Community Shield penalty open image in gallery Sancho played for Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League final last season The summer rapprochement that brought Sancho’s brief reappearance in United colours was never fully explained; jettisoning him from the squad even when Rasmus Hojlund’s injury left Ten Hag short of one attacker suggested it was a temporary truce and he was directing the forward towards the exit.