Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has suggested Jadon Sancho would benefit from the Reds signing a 'better' right-back in the summer transfer window.
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Manchester United handed out more than 33,000 souvenir scarves to fans before the Carabao Cup final, but nobody looked as proud to have one around their neck as Wout Weghorst as he departed Wembley.
The United players filed out of the national stadium in club tracksuits. Some had shirts in bags. Jadon Sancho carried a boombox, Lisandro Martinez held the trophy under his arm. But Weghorst was the only one wearing one of the scarves that will forever be associated with the first trophy of the Erik ten Hag era.
There is the promise of more to follow, maybe as soon as the next couple of months. If Ten Hag is as successful as the travelling Stretford End believes he will be then this late February day against Newcastle may be just a footnote in history.
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If that is the narrative that follows then Weghorst may be the last answer in the quiz question when it comes to naming the first team to win a trophy for Ten Hag, but on this day it meant as much to the loanee as to any other player in that squad.
There was a scene soon after the final whistle when the Dutch striker was caught kneeling down in front of the United fans, looking at the scenes of celebration with what seemed some bewilderment. You could hardly blame him. Seven weeks ago he was still in Istanbul, seeing out the season with Besiktas to avoid a campaign in the Championship with Burnley.
So, if he’d been told two months ago that he’d be winning a trophy with Manchester United, what would he have said?
A couple of seconds pass by as the 30-year-old considers how his career has changed. Then: “Deal!”
The smile on his face sums up the near absurdity of the scenario. He has joined a squad full
Manchester United legend Paul Scholes has suggested Jadon Sancho would benefit from the Reds signing a 'better' right-back in the summer transfer window.
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