- Jadon Sancho joined Dortmund on loan after a falling out with Erik ten Hag
- It is unclear where the forward will be playing his football next season
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Jadon Sancho is reportedly willing to return to Manchester United but only under one condition.
Sancho rejoined Borussia Dortmund on loan in January after his time at United grew sour, falling out of favour with manager Erik ten Hag after complaining publicly about being left out the side back in August.
Sancho has since found form again and impressed on his side’s journey to Saturday’s Champions League final, where they came up short against Real Madrid.
There remains uncertainty over where Sancho will be playing next season, especially with Dortmund thought to be interested in signing him permanently.
United may price Dortmund out of a transfer and The Mirror claim Sancho still has hopes of making it at Old Trafford.
However, the player recognises that this will not be possible under Ten Hag and therefore his future at the club depends on whether the manager stays.
Ten Hag’s future is equally uncertain with reports emerging before the FA Cup final that he was going to be sacked regardless of the result.
United went on to beat Man City 2-1 and that victory may have bought the Dutchman more time.
Sancho signed for United from Dortmund in 2021 for a fee of £73million.
The winger has made 82 appearances for United and scored 12 goals, while he has provided six assists.
Sancho refused to apologise to Ten Hag after accusing the United boss of making him a ‘scapegoat’ for the club’s disappointing results.
Speaking in January, Ten Hag stated that United had issues ‘all the way through’ with Sancho.
Ten Hag told Sky Sports: ‘He’s now at Dortmund. So after he was signed, one year before [I was here], and there were issues. We have had issues all the way through, and so you can make out his stay at Manchester United so far is not a success.
‘So now he is going back to Borussia Dortmund, so I wish him the best of luck. I hope, we all hope he is doing well there, he will be successful. Again, we will see what is going to happen.’
When asked whether things might be different had the player apologised, Ten Hag added: ‘We have said that before. And I don’t want every time to return to the point. He knows what he should do and we have made that clear.’
Ten Hag stated that Sancho’s absence from the matchday squad against Arsenal in September was due to his performances in training.
Sancho subsequently issued an angry response on social media, writing: ‘I have conducted myself in training very well this week’ and ‘I’ve been a scapegoat for a long time which isn’t fair!’