Dortmund chief outlines plans for Sancho after Man Utd loanee's move 'home' (2024)
Jadon Sancho has impressed for Borussia Dortmund since rejoining the club on loan but questions remain as to whether the Bundesliga side will be able to sign him permanently
Sebastian Kehl believes Borussia Dortmund have already proved it was a good decision to bring Jadon Sancho back to Signal Iduna Park, but the sporting director stopped short of saying the Manchester United star would make a permanent switch this summer.
Sancho was frozen out by United boss Erik ten Hag for the first half of the season, and made a loan switch to Dortmund in the January transfer window. After showing some rustiness at first, having not played since August, he has played his part as Edin Terzic's team have progressed to the latter stages of the Champions League.
The England international isn't the only loanee to impress under Terzic. Ian Maatsen has thrived after a January move from Chelsea, with debate continuing on the subject of potential permanent moves for both.
There will be a gap in Dortmund's squad at the end of the season, with long-serving star Marco Reus set to move on. Still, despite the loanees showing their quality, nothing has been agreed.
"We will see," Kehl told TNT Sports ahead of the second leg of the European semi-final against Paris Saint-Germain. "They are on loan, both of them, and at the end we need to make any decisions.
"Of course they are under contract with their clubs, that means we will at a specific moment get in touch and then we will see if it's possible or not. I know that the players feel pretty welcome in Dortmund, they feel at home, especially Jadon.
"I think it was a quite good decision to take them," Kehl continued. "But again, this is something for the future, and let's keep our focus on today."
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Kehl's comments come after United boss Ten Hag confirmed club representatives have visited Sancho in Germany. Dortmund sit fifth with two league games remaining, but their European run - as well as those of other German teams - means that will be enough to qualify them for next season's Champions League.
"We are visiting games," Ten Hag said. "We visited, I would not say all of the games, but we have seen more games from Dortmund where Jadon was performing.
"We also had a visit with him, we had a talk with him during his stay there and we will keep going with this process, we will continually be in contact and communicate. We have four important games in the league and then the FA Cup final, so we will see in the summer what's going to happen."
While Dortmund will play Champions League football next season, United's European qualification is far less certain. Champions League qualification is out of the question for Ten Hag's team, and their 4-0 loss at Crystal Palace on Monday leaves them outside the Europa League and Conference League spots with three league games - and an FA Cup final - to go.
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With 38 goals and 45 assists in 104 Bundesliga appearances for Borussia Dortmund at such an early stage in his career, Sancho has already proved himself to be among the very best forwards in European football.
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Sancho was loaned to former club Borussia Dortmund in January following a public fall-out with Ten Hag. The Dutchman's future as manager is in doubt after a disappointing season, but a source has told ESPN that United are still planning for Sancho's departure.
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 scored far more goals for Dortmund than he would have been expected to using the expected goals (xG) metric. Sancho's xG across his two spells at Dortmund is 30.4 but he has outperformed that expectation massively, netting 53 times.
TL;DR: His playmaking last season was underrated and signing Onana this transfer window could make him much more viable on either wing, especially on the left.
Elsewhere, Juventus are said to retain an interest in Jadon Sancho, who is set for an awkward reunion with Ten Hag. The 24-year-old spent the last six months on loan at his former club Borussia Dortmund and helped them to the Champions League final.
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At 35 years and three months of age, Mats Hummels is the oldest player in the Borussia Dortmund squad. He made his first Bundesliga starting appearance in 2024 in the home match against Frankfurt - and gave BVB the lead.
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Dortmund do, however, already know how much they would be willing to fork out on Sancho should an agreement over salary be reached. According to the report, the German club would pay up to €35 million (£30m/$38m) to United for Sancho, a fair bit shy of the £73m ($93m) the Red Devils splashed out in 2021.
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Sancho lit up the Bundesliga during his first four-year spell at BVB. After making his debut at the age of 17 years and six months back in October 2017, he proved almost unstoppable up front for Dortmund, scoring 50 goals and providing some 60 assists in 137 competitive outings.
According to Opta, Sancho's 12 dribbles were the most completed by an English player in a Champions League match since records began in 2003/04. It was also the most dribbles completed by any player in a semi-final since the great Lionel Messi for Barcelona in 2008.
Regarded as a quick, highly technical, and creative player, with excellent dribbling skills and ball control, Sancho is known for his trickery and use of feints in one-on-one situations and was described as one of the world's best young players during his Dortmund days.
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