The situation
Jadon Sancho (22 years old, England) will not be in Qatar. The English footballer was not included in the list for the World Cup by Gareth Southgate despite the fact that he was in the last European Championship. He was even one of those responsible for throwing a penalty (wrong) in the fateful shootout of the European Championship final against Italy. A year and a half later, Sancho’s situation has taken a negative turn and his role at United and in the English team is already residual. Of meritorious. Signed with great fanfare that summer of 2021 by Manchester United, in exchange for €85M from Borussia Dortmund, his role in the Red Devils has been devalued. His last season was already very irregular: 5 goals in 38 games with United. Far from the buoyant figures of his explosive seasons at Borussia (20, in 2019-20 and 16 goals, in 2020-21). In this one, his irregularity is already constant. A significant drop in performance that has cost him his presence in the World Cup and a considerable depreciation of his market value, as can be seen in Olocip’s Artificial Intelligence. Sancho has had a drop in performance that has affected his potential, according to data from Olloclip. His value is now well below the almost €115M he had in 2021 when he outshone Haaland at Dortmund and thrilled the Old Trafford fans. Now it is around just over €60M, which would be very difficult for any club to pay.
Reasons for his fall
This drop in performance has not helped the arrival of the Dutchman Erik ten Hag on the bench. The coach pressured the noble zone to bring in the Brazilian Antony and although he plays on the other side of the attack, he causes an overbooking in United’s offensive front. There is no room for everyone. Cristiano Ronaldo, Martial, Rashford, Antony, Elanga, Bruno Fernández… As if that were not enough, the new pearl of the team, the Argentine Alejandro Garnacho , occupies the same position and has pushed him further into ostracism. Nobody remembers Sancho anymore.