Jadon Sancho

Sancho was left out of the club's mid-season training camp and sent to the Netherlands by his boss to train by himself with specially selected coaches, and will ...

“We got a drop of quality level and that happens sometimes. It is a combination of physically and mentally. “I think there is huge competition for England. “We want to bring him back as quickly as possible, but I can’t give a prognosis of when that will be. “On the [pre-season] tour he played well, and the start of the league he played some good games like Liverpool, Leicester and Arsenal. Sometimes there are circumstances with fitness and mood.

The 22-year-old started the season well with three goals before the international break in September.

First you observe but the stats back it up. “Most of the time it comes slowly. “I have had several talks with Jadon,” said Ten Hag.

The former Dortmund star has not been involved with United's mid-season training camp, and has instead been training with specialised coaches in the Netherlands ...

“We got a drop of quality level and that happens sometimes. “That is what we are doing now to try to get him back there. I’ve had several talks with Jadon and I don’t think he will be back this week. “I think there is huge competition for England. “We want to bring him back as quickly as possible, but I can’t give a prognosis of when that will be. Sometimes there are circumstances with fitness and mood.

Jadon Sancho had three goals for Manchester United in his first eight games this season, as the young forward looked to be thriving under new boss Erik ten Hag.

Sancho's failure to break into the England squad could also be behind his drop-off. It is a combination of physically and mentally." Sancho scored three goals for Manchester United in his first seven games this season. Sancho was also one of the three England players to miss a penalty in the final of Euro 2020 against Italy, and had to deal with the resulting ugly fallout. And what are his prospects going forward? Sancho missed the last four games of United's season before the break for Qatar 2022, reportedly with illness, with Ten Hag stating this week that "we didn't see him in the last games for United as he wasn't in the right fitness state".

Simon Jordan believes Jadon Sancho's struggle at Manchester United could be simply down to the player not being good enough.Manager Erik ten Hag adm.

When he came to Manchester United, people started to question his pace, his ability off the ball. I don’t think we saw enough of him at Borussia Dortmund – we saw flashes of him and reputations being built over there.” “The mental side of things – we have got to judge things on equal footing because people underestimate the mental side of people’s challenges.