Erik ten Hag has shed light on Jadon Sancho’s troublesome situation during Manchester United’s training camp in Spain.
Sancho missed the last five Red Devils games in the run up to the World Cup in Qatar and has since deleted all his social media posts and has been seen training with a Dutch amateur team in a bid to improve. your physical state.
The club caused a stir with their statement that the 22-year-old would not be joining his teammates for their preparations in Spain, and has led many to wonder what exactly is going on with Jadon Sancho.
According to Ten Hag, “He is not fit enough to be here.
“He wasn’t in the right shape, in the right shape, so now he’s on a singles show and we want him to finish that show and hopefully we’ll see him back soon.”
Ten Hag: “It’s [Sancho] I’m not fit enough to be here [Spain training camp] – he wasn’t in the right state, in the right physical state, so now he’s on a solo show and we want him to finish that show and hopefully we’ll see him back soon.”
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But the matter does not only refer to physical form and no estimate has been given about the eventual return of Sancho to the first team.
“We want to bring him back as quickly as possible, but I can’t give a forecast of when that will be,” said the coach. “It’s a combination of the physical but also the mental.”
Jadon Sancho will not return to Man Utd until he is physically and mentally ready to play for the club again. Ten Hag: ‘We want to bring him back as quickly as possible, but I can’t give a forecast of when he will be. It’s a combination of the physical but also the mental.’ #mufc
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Sancho’s drop in form earlier in the season was hard to miss and led many fans to speculate that the Englishman was struggling in some way.
Hopefully, Ten Hag’s clarification will limit such speculation and allow the player to focus on getting back to their best level.
An in-form Sancho is a dangerous prospect for any defence, and Old Trafford have been unfortunate enough to have witnessed him so few times since his £73m transfer from Borussia Dortmund.
But with Euro angst, family problems and struggles to adjust to the Premier League, the winger clearly has obstacles to overcome off the pitch before he can be truly effective on it.
What is clear is that Erik ten Hag is determined to do whatever it takes to help Jadon Sancho recapture his prime days, even if it leaves the team even shortest in attacking numbers.
