Man Utd to wait for £100m Jadon Sancho asking price to fall as Real Madrid and Liverpool circle
Manchester United will wait to make their move for Jadon Sancho as they look to drive down Borussia Dortmund’s £100million asking price.
United are favourites to sign the England winger and bring Sancho back to the Premier League three years after he left Manchester City for the Bundesliga.
Although there has been rival interest from Real Madrid, Liverpool and City, Dortmund have yet to receive any formal bids for the 20-year-old.
Sportsmail understands that United are ready to bide their time this summer to put pressure on the German club to reduce their demands for a player who only cost £10m in 2017.
Old Trafford chief Ed Woodward has already warned that football needs to be more realistic about transfer fees in the post-Covid era in direct response to speculation about Sancho and £200m-rated Tottenham striker Harry Kane.
United have more money to spend than most clubs but they are still unwilling to pay over the odds for Sancho.
They are aware that Real favour a move for Bayer Leverkusen winger Kai Havertz, while Liverpool have reservations over the size of the fee for Sancho and his disciplinary record off the pitch at Dortmund.
A return to City remains an option but Pep Guardiola has cast doubt over whether he will be able to buy a replacement winger for Leroy Sane with other areas of the team taking priority.
Sancho could yet stay at Dortmund but Borussia coach Lucien Favre conceded last week that the player may leave this summer, and benched him for Sunday’s win over Red Bull Leipzig. Dortmund’s sporting director Michael Zorc insisted the reason was fatigue but admitted the club are ‘concerned’ about Sancho amid talk of a move to Old Trafford.
United are aware that being able to offer the former Watford trainee Champions League football could be an important factor in signing him, but not a deal breaker according to sources. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side currently trail fourth-placed Chelsea by five points in the Premier League table.
Solskjaer wants more options in attack after extending Odion Ighalo’s loan until the end of January, with Sancho and Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish at the top of his list.
It’s understood that United have been offered Willian although the 31-year-old Chelsea man does not fit the mould of the young, British player that Solskjaer is keen to recruit.
United are favourites to sign the England winger and bring Sancho back to the Premier League three years after he left Manchester City for the Bundesliga.
Although there has been rival interest from Real Madrid, Liverpool and City, Dortmund have yet to receive any formal bids for the 20-year-old.
Sportsmail understands that United are ready to bide their time this summer to put pressure on the German club to reduce their demands for a player who only cost £10m in 2017.
Old Trafford chief Ed Woodward has already warned that football needs to be more realistic about transfer fees in the post-Covid era in direct response to speculation about Sancho and £200m-rated Tottenham striker Harry Kane.
United have more money to spend than most clubs but they are still unwilling to pay over the odds for Sancho.
They are aware that Real favour a move for Bayer Leverkusen winger Kai Havertz, while Liverpool have reservations over the size of the fee for Sancho and his disciplinary record off the pitch at Dortmund.
A return to City remains an option but Pep Guardiola has cast doubt over whether he will be able to buy a replacement winger for Leroy Sane with other areas of the team taking priority.
Sancho could yet stay at Dortmund but Borussia coach Lucien Favre conceded last week that the player may leave this summer, and benched him for Sunday’s win over Red Bull Leipzig. Dortmund’s sporting director Michael Zorc insisted the reason was fatigue but admitted the club are ‘concerned’ about Sancho amid talk of a move to Old Trafford.
United are aware that being able to offer the former Watford trainee Champions League football could be an important factor in signing him, but not a deal breaker according to sources. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side currently trail fourth-placed Chelsea by five points in the Premier League table.
Solskjaer wants more options in attack after extending Odion Ighalo’s loan until the end of January, with Sancho and Aston Villa’s Jack Grealish at the top of his list.
It’s understood that United have been offered Willian although the 31-year-old Chelsea man does not fit the mould of the young, British player that Solskjaer is keen to recruit.
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