Jadon Sancho is still banished from first-team training at Manchester United and it doesn’t sound like he is willing to apologise to Erik ten Hag for speaking out against the manager.
Former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov has been left disappointed by the Sancho situation and believes the winger should apologise to Ten Hag and work harder in training to get his career back on track at Old Trafford.
Sancho has been left out in the cold at United, but he only has himself to blame.
The England international has run out of excuses as far as most of the fans are concerned.
“If it continues like this, Jadon Sancho going to go nowhere at the club,” he told Betfair, as quoted by the Manchester Evening News. “I’m very disappointed that a situation like this has been made public and a lot of people are discussing it. Things like this happen often, but they’re not made public.
“Players will fight with their managers, players, club staff, or even themselves, but it’s not often made public. When it’s connected to a big club like United, then people will talk about it and interpret it differently.
“In this case, Sancho has been there for over two years and it’s still not working out for him. Sancho must know this, too, and maybe that’s where his dissatisfaction is coming from. When you know you’re not producing, you can be angry with yourself and your manager and this can lead to a bust-up like this.
“The manager makes the decisions, though, and if Sancho doesn’t apologise to Ten Hag publicly or privately and understands his mistake the right way. Once he’s done that, he needs to earn his place in the team – and the only way to do that is by training harder and playing well when the chance arises.
“Sometimes a player, and I hope this isn’t the case for Sancho, who takes this long to resolve conflict has overestimated his own value to the club. When it’s Ronaldo, it’s different as he’s achieved everything.
“I was at the club when Wayne Rooney had a fallout with the manager, and they sorted things out. I think Sancho is overestimating his importance. He’s not won that many trophies with them. It’s a different situation.
“United can easily decide to get rid of Sancho over this. As talented as he is, and we all saw it at Dortmund, he has yet to show any of this at United. We can only speculate why that is, maybe it’s his surroundings or the people who he’s around.
“Or maybe it’s because he doesn’t agree with the manager. If this drags on anymore, I can’t see it getting better and it’s best to part ways.”
There’s a feeling Sancho has reached a point of no return as far as Ten Hag is concerned. How can he deal with a player who is unwilling to apologise after stepping out of line? That sends a dangerous precedent and Cristiano Ronaldo didn’t get away with throwing his weight around the dressing room last season.
Sancho could find himself out of the door just as quickly as Ronaldo did.
Let us know in the comments section if you think there’s any way back for Sancho at United.
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Holy Cow!! Berbatov Speaks TRUTH To Stupidity!! Sancho Needs To (Needs, Not Just Must) Go!! For his Own Mental Health!! His Fragile Emotional Constitution Will Not Hold Up Well Against His Flippant Non Intelligence!! The Guy Thinks He Is In Cristiano’s League 🤣😂😂!! Ahh, Well He Does Have His Video Games!! Maybe He, And “Sir” Marcus (Who Hasn’t Shown Up on The Pitch, Either, Since He Signed His New Lucrative Contract), Can Relax Playing Against Each Other!! One Non Performer vs Another!!