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Jadon Sancho has made three Premier League appearances off the bench this season
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Manchester United boss, Erik ten Hag says he does not know if Jadon Sancho will play for the club again.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old winger is training away from the first team after claiming he had been\u00a0made a \u201cscapegoat\u201d\u00a0following his omission from the squad for the defeat at Arsenal on 3 September.<\/p>\n

Ten Hag said at the time he had been excluded because his training performances were below standard.<\/p>\n

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Asked if he could play for the club again, Ten Hag said: \u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sancho\u2019s comment was made in a social media post that he subsequently deleted.<\/p>\n

Ten Hag added: \u201cTomorrow we have a big game [at home to Brighton], we are going into a new block of games, many games in a condensed programme. I focus on that.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is not available, so in this moment, he is not important, because he can\u2019t contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n

Manchester United have had mixed form in the Premier League so far this season, winning home games against Wolves and Nottingham Forest but losing away to Tottenham and Arsenal.<\/p>\n

Last season, Ten Hag showed he was not afraid to make big decisions at the benefit of the team,\u00a0dropping Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0after he refused to come on as a substitute in a game against Tottenham in October 2022.<\/p>\n

Like Sancho, Ronaldo was then made to train alone and, although he did make a return to the first-team fold, the Portugal forward\u00a0left in November that year\u00a0after giving a\u00a0controversial interview\u00a0criticising Manchester United.<\/p>\n

Ten Hag stressed on Friday that the team is more important than any one individual, adding: \u201cThat is not about me, and to be strict. No. This is in favour of the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think about that [Sancho\u2019s social media post] and I don\u2019t talk about that, because I have to win a game. It is all about that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe players who are there and available deserve me. I have to guide them, I have to prepare them, it is about that. I only focus on the players who are available.\u201d<\/p>\n

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