Borussia Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl has warned Jadon Sancho not to get too comfy in his new surroundings after casting enormous doubt on their chances of making the exiled Manchester United winger’s stay into a permanent deal.
The England winger, capped 23 times, will be hoping to revive his career at his former club after a very difficult era with Manchester United, who failed to live up to expectations. Having cashed the Red Devils a whopping £73 million, Sancho was forced to exercise. only this season and excluded from first-team facilities at the club’s Carrington exercise complex after a major dispute with manager Erik ten Hag.
With Sancho refusing to offer the Dutchman the public apology he needed after publicly calling out the United manager for ‘scapegoating’ him and not being entirely truthful over his omission from the squad, the two men have failed to settle their differences, with the row casting an enormous shadow both over United’s season and Ten Hag’s treatment of the player.
However, after Sancho was allowed to return to his former club Borussia Dortmund on loan for the rest of the season, the winger can at least take a look at his problems at Old Trafford and revitalize a career. who promised so much in the Bundesliga. he has become much more than just a spark in England.
Dortmund paid United a sum of around £3. 5m to bring the 23-year-old back to the Westfalenstadion, with the Bundesliga also covering around a third of his £250,000 weekly salary. Unite are expected to be paid £166,000 a week, or around £4. 2 million in wages between now and June 30, when the deal is set to expire.
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Despite their public feud, Ten Hag kept things professional and sent Sancho his best wishes for his second spell at Dortmund. However, those words didn’t stop a pundit from surely destroying United for wasting the bulk of £70 million on his signing.
While Sancho made his second debut for BVB in Saturday’s 3-0 win in Darmstadt, the winger made it clear that he is keen to make up for lost time by helping Marco Reus in the second Bundesliga game and helping them keep the tension in the fourth tier. placed the RB. Leipzig in the war to triumph in the Champions League next season.
While the temporary switch certainly allows Sancho to focus on doing what he does best, there will be a thought in the back of his mind that his long-term future still needs clarifying and that his move back to Dortmund is scheduled to end once the current season ends.
Given the season they have enjoyed in Europe, BVB will hope that could be as late as Saturday 1 June – the date of the Champions League final. And while Edin Terzic’s side are not among the favourites to win it, their progress through a seriously-challenging Group F, in which they only lost one game, will certainly raise their beliefs. Next up is a Round of 16 tie against PSV Eindhoven.
If Sancho plays well, he may be waiting for him to have a chance of securing a permanent return to the Westfalenstadion.
However, his sporting director Kehl acknowledged, in an interview with Sky Deutschland, that it is very likely that Sancho will remain at the club next season.
Without ruling out the possibility entirely, Kehl admits that Dortmund’s hands could be tied by both United’s valuation and the winger’s wage demands.
“We’ll see,” he replied when asked about the possibilities of extending Sancho’s stay. “Actually, the chances of Sancho betting on Dortmund next season are not very high. There is no possibility, in any way economically viable for us, to obtain an acquisition option.
Sancho’s deal at United does not expire until summer 2026, meaning the Red Devils – assuming Ten Hag remains in charge and he is unable to resolve his differences with the Dutchman – will want to claw back as much of their initial outlay for Sancho as possible.
As a result, Kehl admits he fully expects other sides to come in for the player and offer United much nearer to the sort of fee they would want and Dortmund would simply struggle to afford.
“The salary is one thing and the transfer package is another. If the player plays as we expect, probably other clubs will be active this summer.
Although Sancho has been a success in his loan, Dortmund will most likely be excluded from the offer, adding: “Then he could be a category of player who could represent a challenge for Borussia Dortmund in terms of viability. “
Sancho, who came off the bench on Saturday, hopes to return for Dortmund’s next game, against Cologne on Saturday.
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