Jadon Sancho: Why Sancho’s Move To Al-Ettifaq From Manchester United Failed

Jadon Sancho almost moved to Saudi Pro League following Al-Ettifaq’s interest but the United winger missed out on the move.

Jadon Sancho showed interest in signing for the Saudi Pro League side, a team managed by Steven Gerrard, after his fall-out with Erik ten Hag.

Al-Ettifaq wanted the Englishman on a season-long loan and United were also prepared to let him leave Old Trafford this summer.

However, recent reports have it that the ex-Borussia Dortmund star would not be departing Manchester United.

Reports also had it that the major reason why Jadon Sancho did not leave United was because the club wanted to insert an obligation to buy worth £50m.

Futballnews understands that the Saudi Pro League side Al-Ettifaq ‘could not afford’ that price as the said deal collapsed.

Gerrard’s Al-Ettifaq have already completed the signing of Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijnaldum and Demarai Gray this summer.

The club has also been linked with Mason Greenwood before Gerrard shrugged off those rumors and the United striker later joined Getafe on loan.

Recall we reported about Ben Foster’s response to Erik ten Hag’s fall-out with Jadon Sancho and how former boss Alex Ferguson would have treated it.

Foster stated that: “It’s absolutely crazy. If Alex Ferguson is the manager at this moment in time and Jadon Sancho does this, he will never see the light of day again for Man United.”

“He will never play for this club, he’ll never be allowed in the training ground. You are done mate, see you later.”

Jadon Sancho claimed that he has been made a ‘scapegoat’ by Ten Hag after being excluded from the squad which faced Arsenal on Sunday.

Ten Hag was inquired in the post-match interview about Sancho’s exclusion and he stated that the player has been poor in training.

Sancho immediately took to his social media account to refute the claim saying that the Manchester United manager had a hidden agenda.

Jadon Sancho said: “Please don’t believe everything you read! I will not allow people saying things that is completely untrue, I have conducted myself in training very well this week.”

“I believe there are other reasons for this matter that I won’t go into, I’ve been a scapegoat for a long time which isn’t fair!”

“I respect all decisions that are made by the coaching staff, I play with fantastic players and (am) grateful to do so which I know every week is a challenge.”

“I will continue to fight for this badge no matter what!”

Jadon Sancho

Jadon Malik Sancho is an English footballer who was born on 25th March, 2000 and plays as a winger for Manchester United and the England national team.

Sancho previously played for Watford and Manchester City but signed his first senior contract with Borussia Dortmund in 2017.

Sancho established himself in the first season as a first-team regular and was named in the 2018–19 Bundesliga Team of the Season.

Jadon Sancho won his first trophy following the DFL-Supercup victory over Bayern Munich in the 2019/20 season.

The former Borussia Dortmund star was named runner-up in both the Golden Boy and Kopa Trophy awards in 2019.

The former Dortmund attacker then returned to England to sign for Manchester United in 2021.

Sancho was part of the England youth team that won the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup and made his debut for the senior team in 2018.