Jadon Sancho: Ideal number 7 for Manchester united
Jadon Sancho have being a sensation since featuring for the youth team of Manchester City, but the England international’s breakout came after the U17 world cup with England where the youngster featured for the young three Lions alongside the likes of Callum Hudson Odoi, Reece James and eventually won the trophy at the tournament. This singular success, immediately pushed Borussia Dortmund to make arrangements for the signing of the young man even though they have being scouting him for a while.
In the summer of 2017, Dortmund paid Manchester City a sum of 8million pounds for his services. Such fees were considered to be astronomical for such a young lad, considering he was yet to feature for the Senior set up at the Etihad Stadium.
Fast forward a few years, you will realise that Dortmund’s lay off of 8million pound was a huge bargain for a player who is currently in demand all over Europe due to his stats and influence in the game of football. He features almost weekly on the Cover of every magazine related to football in Germany. His current valuation is what the Dortmund hierarchy are celebrating and should be celebrating because, for one to price the most valuable player currently within the German based side, one must part away with nothing less than a 100Million Euros based on multiple reports across Europe. According to Goal in one of their publications claimed Manchester United have won the race for the Dortmund superstar ahead of the likes of Chelsea FC and Liverpool who have all been credited with a link to the Player in time past. The current Covid-19 pandemic, laying waste to lives and stunting economic growth across the world may mean a reduction in the valuation of top players such as Neymar, Mbappe and Sancho’s own valuation could aswell drop, but one should still expect that such fee will not go below the 50million Pound mark.
Below are three reasons why the signing of Jadon Sancho would be an ideal one for the Manchester United.
1. He will take up the Number 7 Challenge
Over the years, Manchester United and other clubs such as Chelsea have always found it difficult getting the right players fitting for a particular number with in the squad. For Chelsea it is the so called “cursed number 9” shirt worn by many great players to disappointing outcome or with very little success to show for it. As for Manchester United it is the Number 7. With the last player to have worn it to a greater degree of success been Cristiano Ronaldo who currently plies his trade with the Turin based outfit, Juventus. Players such as Angel Dimaria, Antonio Valencia and recently Memphis Depay have all disappointed while wearing the no. 7 jersey at Old Trafford. Sancho has become a household name across Europe and with his strong performances for Dortmund in this current campaign and the last suggesting he is the ideal player to take up the Legendary jersey.
2. Ideal playmaker from out wide.
The versatile nature of Sancho makes him a reliable source of goals as he has done so far for Dortmund. Notching up 10+ goals and assists with no current Manchester United player boasting a similar stats. His dribbles and passes can take the opposition players out of a game. He is equally very composed when he finds himself in goal scoring opportunities, something that is lacking in the Ole Gunnar’s set up especially from the wingers.
3. An established member of the National team set up.
Sancho is already an established member of the National team and hence settling into a team such as Manchester United which already boasts of National team players such as Harry Maguire, Rashford and Luke Shaw won’t be a difficult task at all. The partnership enjoyed at National team with Rashford could be re-established at the Old Trafford to devastating effect.
Manchester United is a shadow of the team it was a decade or two ago. Signing Sancho during the summer transfer window could spark up a Renaissance in the city of Manchester and hence, they could start challenging for silverwares again.
