Jadon Sancho said he wanted to help bring trophies back to Manchester United after joining the English football giants from Germany's Borussia Dortmund in a deal worth a reported £73 million
In this file photo taken on January 16, 2021 Dortmund’s English midfielder Jadon Sancho runs with the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between BVB Borussia Dortmund and 1 FSV Mainz 05 in Dortmund, western Germany. – Manchester United has signed England winger Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund on a five-year contract, the Premier League club announced on July 23, 2021.
The 21-year-old England international, a former Manchester City youth player, has signed a five-year contract, with the option of a further year.United have not won a trophy since the 2017 Europa League, with their last Premier League title success in celebrated manager Alex Ferguson’s final season before retirement eight years ago.
Unlike many young English players, Sancho decided to advance his career by moving abroad, joining Dortmund as a 17-year-old after failing to break into Manchester City’s first team. The deal was announced just weeks after Sancho, together with new United team-mate Marcus Rashford and Bukayo Saka, received racist abuse following the trio’s penalty shoot-out misses in England’s Euro 2020 final loss to Italy at Wembley.United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, describing Sancho as an “untapped talent”, was delighted to have got his man.“We’ve followed him for a long time and decided to go for him and finally we made the breakthrough and got the deal done,” he said.
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