Jadon Sancho’s lack of confidence and fitness has left Manchester United boss Erik ten Hag doubtful of when the winger will resume playing for the first team.
Jadon Sancho was not selected for the England World Cup team and hasn’t featured for United since a 1-1 draw with Chelsea on October 22.
Following that, the 22-year-old was not included in United’s traveling group for their recent warm-weather training camp in Spain and remained behind to concentrate on an individual program.
It’s now a race against time for Sancho to be prepared for United’s return to action the following week. Sancho is in his second season at Old Trafford.
“We didn’t see him in the last games for United as he wasn’t in the right fitness state, and he is now on an individual programme,” Ten Hag told reporters.
“We want him to finish that and hopefully see him back soon. We want to bring him back as quickly as possible, but I can’t give a prognosis of when that will be.”
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Jadon Sancho had a strong start to the season, scoring three goals in his first eight games, but it wasn’t enough to get him a spot in the England team for the Nations League games in September.
With no more goals in his previous six appearances, according to Ten Hag, Sancho’s form began to clearly deteriorate around that time.
“Sometimes there are circumstances with fitness and mood,” Ten Hag added. “He was not in the right status or fitness state.”
