Manchester United: Jadon Sancho is a luxury, not a necessity
By Kian Long
Hear me out on this one. Manchester United should not put all of their eggs into Jadon Sancho‘s basket…
I know, I know. That feels blasphemous, doesn’t it? Just to make one thing clear, this post is not going to be anti-Jadon Sancho; he’s an exceptional footballer. However, is he what Manchester United really need right now? I don’t think so.
Going forward, it’s plain and obvious to see there is a striker crisis at Manchester United. Of the players available, only Marcus Rashford and Odion Ighalo are the recognised strikers with Mason Greenwood and Anthony Martial happy to do a job there.
These are all great players when they are fit and healthy but do any of them strike you as a world-beater? I mean, I’m open to having my opinion changed but none of them worry me as a neutral fan.
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Marcus Rashford is injured, Ighalo is second tier, Greenwood is developing into a fine player but not the striker United need right now and Martial is not consistent enough.
So what does this have to do with Jadon Sancho? Sancho is none of those things. In fact, he is quite the opposite; he would walk right into the Manchester United starting lineup and he’s shown his consistency ever since his Bundesliga breakthrough, only getting better by the season.
However, he is not a striker. I hate to be boring, but Manchester United need a striker who can bag 20+ goals a season, not a luxury winger (as great as that winger is).
Consequently, if the Manchester United board can afford to sign both Sancho, who isn’t going to come cheap and one of Europe’s top strikers, then I’m all for it. However, if they have one option, they must be cruel to be kind.
The Telegraph have reported today that Sancho would arrive for a Premier League record fee. We all know that United are one of the wealthiest clubs in the world but they must be sensible and if they have enough money for Sancho at the end of it then, well, that’s a bonus.
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Do you think Manchester United should sign Jadon Sancho this summer?