Manchester United’s plans for Jadon Sancho return to Carrington next week

Manchester United expect Jadon Sancho to report for pre-season training on Monday.

Sancho, 24, has not trained with the first team since being left out of the squad by manager Erik ten Hag in September and it is unclear whether he will take part in senior squad sessions next week.

United sources say Sancho is available for transfer and is valued at around £40m. United bought Sancho for £72.9m in 2021.

Ten Hag said he had withdrawn Sancho from the matchday squad for the defeat to Arsenal on September 3 due to his training performance and Sancho quickly accused the Dutchman of lying in a public post on his X page, formerly Twitter.

Sancho refused to apologize for the outburst and was moved to the changing room in the academy building at United’s Carrington training complex.

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Ater had to change for training in a locked room for safety reasons as the under-18s were also on the premises.

United fly to the United States for their three-match pre-season tour on July 24, but the first friendly is against Rosenborg in Trondheim on July 15.

Sancho returned to Borussia Dortmund on loan in January and helped the German side reach the Champions League final, where they were beaten 2-0 by Real Madrid.

Dortmund paid United a €7.5m loan fee to re-sign Sancho and the Bundesliga side are open to keeping him next season.

Sancho last played for United in the 3-2 win over Nottingham Forest on August 26. After the Ten Hag explained his absence at the Emirates Stadium, Sancho wrote: “Please don’t believe everything you read. I won’t allow people to say things that are completely untrue. I behaved very well in training this week.

“I think there are other reasons for this matter that I won’t go into, I have been a scapegoat for a long time, which is not fair!”

The Manchester Evening News revealed in June 2021 that Sancho’s unimpressive training form had contributed to his lack of minutes for England at the European Championship.