Jadon Sancho’s Perfect Role?

Mastering Tactics
1 min readJul 20, 2023

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In the 2021/2022 summer transfer window, Manchester United signed a British wonderkid named Jadon Sancho for £73m from Borussia Dortmund. Sancho’s Manchester United journey had so many ups and downs, he won the Carabao Cup last season but struggled to give his best performance. He even had a ‘break’ from the world of football in the middle of the 2022/2023 season. There was news that Manchester United would sell Jadon Sancho for 2023/2034, but that news cooled down.

ten Hag and his coaching staff had tried to provide the most suitable roles for Sancho, he played as the left winger, right winger, and attacking midfielder last season. In this pre-season, ten Hag tried Sancho as the false nine, and he played quite well in the two games against Leeds and Lyon. Sancho excels at passing and receiving, so ten Hag tries to maximize his ability for the false nine position.

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