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#3 United aren’t a safe bet yet
It feels like the main club linked with a move for Sancho right now is Manchester United; the top four of the Premier League haven’t been mentioned when it comes to the England youngster. And if that is the case, then would a move to Old Trafford really make sense right now? I’m not so sure.
Firstly, by moving to United, Sancho would be giving up Champions League football for the time being at least; the Red Devils won’t be in Europe’s biggest competition in 2019/20, and in all honesty thanks to the strength of their rivals, there’s no guarantee they’ll be back there any time soon. And more to the point, the situation at Old Trafford isn’t particularly stable by any means.
The United board seem content with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as manager – they awarded him the job on a full-time basis earlier in 2019 after a successful spell as caretaker – but the Norwegian has struggled to get the best out of his players in recent weeks, and has come under heavy criticism from some fans and pundits.
And while Solskjaer has suggested that he wants to develop United’s younger talent – including Sancho’s former England youth colleagues Mason Greenwood and Angel Gomes – at Dortmund Sancho is already working under Lucien Favre, a manager truly renowned for developing youth; the likes of Gokhan Inler, Marco Reus and Granit Xhaka all credit the Swiss boss with their early breakthroughs.
A move to a club the size of United might sound glamorous, but surely right now, a young player like Sancho would be better to stay somewhere with guaranteed Champions League football under a more proven manager who, based on this season, can clearly get the best out of him.
