Juventus are hoping to land a double deal for Manchester United pair Jadon Sancho and Donny van de Beek in January, according to reports.
Sancho came off the bench for the Red Devils’ first three Premier League games of the season before being left off the team in the 3-1 defeat to Arsenal in early September.
Erik ten Hag said after the game that the Englishman had been sent off for his poor functionality in training, which Sancho rejected.
The Man Utd winger, who joined the Red Devils in 2021 for £72m from Borussia Dortmund, took to social media to deny Ten Hag’s claims and label himself a “scapegoat” for their poor start to the new campaign.
Sancho deleted the post but refused to apologise to Ten Hag for his public riposte and the England international now finds himself training away from the first-team squad.
Reports have claimed that Sancho has no backing at Man Utd and the Premier League club will now look to sell him in the January transfer window.
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And now TEAMtalk claim that Serie A giants Juventus are ‘keen on a double deal’ for Sancho and fellow outcast Van de Beek with Man Utd ‘set for a busy January as several players head for the exit’.
Sancho is a player who is “definitely out” at Old Trafford after his “very public dispute” with Man Utd manager Ten Hag, while Van de Beek has been “informed that he can leave”.
Van de Beek left Ajax for Man Utd for around £40m in 2020, but the Dutchman has struggled to find regular playing time in his four seasons at the club.
His value has taken a nose dive since signing for Man Utd with the Netherlands international making just 62 appearances, although he did have a brief loan spell at Everton in 2022.
Sancho will most likely go on a permanent move with the Red Devils for an “expenditure of just over £30 million” from Juventus to close a deal; however, the Premier League club would possibly have to settle for a “loan with obligation” to buy Van de Beek.
Some former players and pundits have sympathy for Sancho’s situation at Old Trafford with former Premier League defender Andy Townsend claiming Ten Hag has gone too far with his treatment of the winger.
Reacting to the news that Sancho had been removed from the first-team WhatsApp organisation earlier this month, Townsend told talkSPORT: “It’s nonsense.
“I don’t agree with what Jadon Sancho did and I put up with it. But, gee, you could also tell the child, “Don’t even come in. “It’s ridiculous. “