The January transfer window is beginning to look like an oasis in the desert for Manchester United. A place of sanctuary still in the distance, with miles of scorching sand they'll have to drag themselves over in between.
22.09.2023 - 13:07 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Erik ten Hag insists Jadon Sancho's Manchester United future depends on the player.
Sancho is training away from the first-team squad, pending the outcome of a disciplinary issue, after he accused Ten Hag of lying over his omission from the matchday squad for the Premier League defeat to Arsenal on September 3.
Ten Hag said Sancho was dropped due to his form in training yet in a statement posted and pinned to his Twitter profile, the winger said it was "completely untrue".
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Sancho has since deleted the post but he was not considered for selection in the losses to Brighton and Bayern Munich and he will not be in the United squad for the Premier League fixture at Burnley on Saturday evening.
It remains unclear if Sancho will play for United again. "It depends on him. For the rest, we are preparing for Burnley and that's our focus. He will not be in the squad."
Sancho is open to leaving United in the January transfer window and the 23-year-old's representatives have floated the possibility of a return to Borussia Dortmund or move to Nottingham Forest, managed by Sancho's former England Under-17 coach Steve Cooper.
United have lost four of their last five games and conceded 14 goals in their six games this season. If they lose at recently-promoted Burnley it will be the first time United have lost four successive games since December 2015.
Ten Hag's compatriot Louis van Gaal was in charge back then and the losing run coincided with his memorable walk-out from a press conference. Ten Hag was not as affronted by the negative coverage of United's early-season crisis.
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