Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Erik ten Hag could be headed towards a collision course with a row lined up when the billionaire\u2019s takeover deal is officially sealed. This would be based on the presumption that the billionaire wouldn\u2019t want to lose a \u00a370-million asset like Jadon Sancho<\/p>\n
With this view in mind, Ratcliffe could kickstart his tenure at Manchester United\u00a0with a row by forcing Erik ten Hag to kiss and make up with Jadon Sancho.<\/p>\n
The billionaire Brit would be handed control of footballing matters at the club with his \u00a31.3billion investment for a 25% equity stake for this first phase and it has been revealed this week that he won’t take long to demand that Ten Hag bring Sancho back into the fold, according to a Daily Star Sport\u00a0exclusive.<\/p>\n
The Mirror also now reports that the issue could initiate a row between the pair as Ten Hag would not be dictated to when it comes to having his authority over the players challenged. As far as the Dutchman is concerned, Sancho can return to the squad only after he proffers a genuine apology.<\/p>\n
The Dutchman supposedly prefers to have the 23-year-old move on and find a new club just two years after his \u00a373million arrival from Borussia Dortmund. Apparently the report adds that Ten Hag is confident that he can work well alongside Ratcliffe’s incoming INEOS team.<\/p>\n
Sancho, who has nine goals and six assists from 58 Premier League appearances, has trained both on his own and with the youth team in recent weeks. Having rejected the chance to stay at Manchester City\u00a0to go to the Bundesliga back in 2017, he starred in Germany with 50 goals and 64 assists across just 137 senior appearances with Dortmund.<\/p>\n
The fallout between the manager and the star began earlier this season when Ten Hag said that Sancho’s performances were well below expectations in training and didn’t even warrant a place on the bench in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
Sancho immediately retaliated in a public social media post saying he was being made a scapegoat in which he hinted at “other reasons” for being left out of the team.<\/p>\n
He said in the statement that was subsequently taken off: “Please don’t believe everything you read! I will not allow people saying things that is completely untrue, I have conducted myself in training very well this week.”<\/p>\n
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