Jadon Sancho has returned to Manchester United after a layoff for ‘mental and physical’ reasons, but will train alone before rejoining the squad.<\/p>\n
The England international was was left out of the United squad for the mid-season camp in Spain, with manager Erik Ten Hag revealing he was struggling \u2018physically and mentally\u2019.<\/p>\n
Instead he spent time training individually in the Netherlands during the break, but was still not in contention for a place in United\u2019s matchday squad when they faced Burnley in the fourth round of the Carabao Cup on December 21 or Nottingham Forest in the Premier League on December 27.<\/p>\n
Ten Hag has confirmed that the player has now returned to the club but he is still not in a position to train with the first-team squad. Speaking to reporters, the United boss said:<\/p>\n
“The time is not now [for him to return to the squad] but he is making progress. We will see when he is ready to return into the squad. He’s back in Manchester, he will start individual training.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"