Borussia Dortmund will not allow Jadon Sancho to leave this summer and the German club declared the winger is not signing up with a new club, and that includes Manchester United. The statement was sent out to reaffirm the team's earlier stance that Sancho is no longer available in the transfer market.
Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl has made clear the England international is part of the Dortmund roster and will remain so in the campaigns to come. Kehl is hosing down hopes by United supporters that Sancho will still make the switch before the summer transfer window closes in the first week of October.
That happening, however, is next to impossible if the Dortmund chief is to be asked.
"He [Jadon Sancho] is our player, and he will stay ... It was an important statement from the club because we have a certain responsibility," Metro reported the executive as saying.
Kehl underscored the fact that the 20-year-old is important to his side and minus the Bundesliga sensation, Dortmund will be relatively weaker.
Sancho has been a priority signing target by United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and the Germans were initially open selling the player but at a high cost. Dortmund demanded a transfer fee of £108 million for the target's release and set a deadline for the deal to be completed.
The Red Devils opted to let the August 8 deadline to pass and insisted the price tag on Sancho was unrealistic. In response, BVB walked away from the negotiations and even revealed that Sancho has signed to extend his contract. Also, the player accepted a salary hike and the Germans seemed convinced he is not going away anytime soon.
According to Kehl, he is not expecting a transfer request from Sancho this season because the winger is happy to stay with the club. The chief allowed that the player would consider moving on but it's unlikely to happen too soon.
"Yes, someday he might leave for a new challenge but right now he is happy at Borussia Dortmund and Borussia Dortmund is happy to have him," Goal reported Kehl as saying.
The executive added that the Bundesliga is happy to play football and at the moment he is doing that with BVB.
United have expressed anger that Solskjaer has yet to complete the deal on Sancho, and emotions are running even high following the team's defeat versus Crystal Palace. Fans and some pundits are upset that Solskjaer is moving too slow in beefing up the lineup.
Yet Steve McClaren, who was No. 2 to former United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, dismissed the criticisms thrown at Solskjaer as undue and insisted fans were overreacting on the first Premier League match played by the Red Devils.
