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If either Liverpool or Bayern Munich bid for Jadon Sancho next
summer United would miss out on the young star.
We’re less than a day on from the transfer
window slamming shut and already the rumour mongers looking
ahead to next summer’s potential deals, with Liverpool being named the new frontrunners to sign
Jadon Sancho.
Manchester United had been confident of signing
the player this summer, they just made one fatal mistake—it turns
out that neither the player nor selling club were anywhere near as
eager to get a deal done as they were.
The result was Borussia
Dortmund setting a high valuation and deadline while the
player, while happy to join United, was unwilling to agitate to get
a deal done. In part, according to The Independent, because of
future options.
Sancho is still just 20 years of age and more than happy to
continue at Dortmund for at least one more season, and according to
Miguel Delany
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Bayern Munich.
Neither were willing or able to pay the kind of fee Dortmund
wanted this summer, giving an opening to United to win his
signature. But if finances improve to the point either bid next
year, then the Red Devils would miss out.
Of course, a year is an awfully long time in football, and a fee
in excess of €100M a lot for Liverpool or Bayern. Still, give how
confident United and their fans were of signing Sancho this summer,
it’s an amusing story.