Club Prepared to Let £73m Signing Leave for Free, Preferring a Clean Break Over Transfer Fee
In a stunning admission of a failed transfer, Manchester United are reportedly prepared to let winger Jadon Sancho leave the club for free this summer, forgoing a potential multi-million pound fee to draw a line under his disappointing tenure.
According to a report from The Mirror, the club has decided against triggering a one-year extension in Sancho’s contract, a clause that would typically be used to protect a player’s value. Instead, United officials would rather absorb the financial loss and secure a clean break than keep the 24-year-old on their books for another season.
This decision would mark a painful final chapter to one of the club’s most expensive signings. Since his high-profile £73 million move from Borussia Dortmund in 2021, Sancho has managed only 12 goals for the Red Devils and is currently on his third successive loan spell, now at Aston Villa, after falling out of favour at Old Trafford.
The reported move signals a clear desire from the new United hierarchy to move on from the past and clear the decks, even if it means writing off a monumental transfer investment.
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