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Jadon Sancho\u00a0is facing a battle to regain the support of his\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0teammates as well as manager Erik ten Hag following his angry reaction to being dropped for the\u00a0Premier League\u00a0defeat at\u00a0Arsenal, a source has told ESPN.<\/p>\n
Sancho, 23, posted\u00a0a strongly worded social media rebuttal\u00a0of Ten Hag\u2019s postmatch claims that he had been omitted from the squad at the Emirates due to unsatisfactory training performances, with the\u00a0England\u00a0international rejecting the \u201ccompletely untrue\u201d comments and saying on his X account that he had been a \u201cscapegoat for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n
But one source has told ESPN that there is little sympathy for Sancho inside the United dressing room, saying, \u201cThe players have had enough of him.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Sancho\u2019s performances in training and on matchday, as well as his demeanour around the club, have led to the \u00a373 million ($91m) signing from\u00a0Borussia Dortmund\u00a0becoming a peripheral figure with Ten Hag and his coaching staff becoming exasperated by the former\u00a0Manchester City\u00a0youngster.<\/p>\n
Jadon Sancho has struggled to hold down a first-team spot at Manchester United.\u00a0Photo by Joe Prior\/Visionhaus via Getty Images<\/p>\n
Despite Sancho\u2019s swift reaction to Ten Hag\u2019s comments in the postmatch news conference at Arsenal \u2014 Sancho has not deleted his post and it remains pinned at the top of his X account \u2014 sources have said that the\u00a0United manager has felt no need\u00a0to clarify or tone down his remarks.<\/p>\n
Ten Hag criticised\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo\u00a0on two occasions for his conduct prior to the forward\u2019s departure following a mutually agreed contract cancellation last November, while the former\u00a0Ajax\u00a0coach also publicly confirmed that\u00a0Marcus Rashford\u00a0was dropped for last season\u2019s Premier League game at Wolves due to him missing a team meeting.<\/p>\n
Sources have said that the players accept and respect Ten Hag\u2019s firm approach because it applies without exceptions to squad members, regardless of their status, and that Sancho\u2019s reaction has gone down badly within the dressing room, although a source has said that it was not greeted with surprise.<\/p>\n
Sources have told ESPN that Sancho and Ten Hag are set for talks before United\u2019s game against Brighton on Sept. 16 to decide the forward\u2019s future.<\/p>\n
United, according to sources, held preliminary talks with Al Ettifaq FC \u2014 managed by Steven Gerrard \u2014 about a possible loan on Thursday but a deal was never close before the Saudi Pro League transfer window closed.<\/p>\n
It leaves Ten Hag with a decision to make about whether Sancho will be part of the squad for the first half of the season.<\/p>\n
Since signing for United on a five-year contract in the summer of 2021, Sancho has scored 12 goals in 82 first-team appearances and registered six assists. In his final season with Borussia Dortmund, he scored 16 goals and provided 20 assists in 38 games in all competitions.<\/p>\n
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