The most recent reports from the media indicate that Manchester United has decided on Jadon Sancho. All signs point to the club being willing to incur financial losses and will release the winger at the end of this season, five years after making him one of the most expensive English players of all time.

The Red Devils pursued Sancho from 2020, when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's tenure as manager coincided with an admirable desire to sign young, developing talents who could perfect themselves in the "United style." Important targets like Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham ended up moving to other teams.

That year, it was not possible to reach an agreement with Borussia Dortmund, but Sancho finally arrived at Old Trafford for 73 million pounds ($98.4 million) in 2021. Now that his original contract is about to expire, United seems willing to leave this failed venture behind, despite the financial consequences.

Fabrizio Romano has reported that the Old Trafford hierarchy – with a different management structure than existed when Sancho arrived – considers the chapter closed and that free agency this coming summer will be the final point. According to Romano, this information has already been conveyed to Sancho's team.

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Sancho, who is on loan at Aston Villa but has not yet started a Premier League match this season, is under contract at Old Trafford until June 30, 2026. United has an option to extend the agreement for another 12 months until 2027. They could activate it with the distant hope of seeing a reintegration or obtaining some kind of transfer fee and recovering a fraction of the initial investment (thereby risking carrying his high salary for another season), but instead, what is expected is that the club will say goodbye once and for all.

Sancho has only spent two of the last five years on the Manchester United squad, a situation that has several causes and elements to analyze.

Sancho will turn 26 years old in March, still young enough to have a long career ahead and with the natural talent to make it possible. If he desires it, if he is willing to compromise and prioritizes effort over greatness, this could be the new beginning he desperately needs.

From United's perspective, getting rid of a wage burden reportedly around 15 million pounds per season – most of which, at least currently, Aston Villa covers – perhaps is even worth it, although it remains a stigma to release the fourth most expensive player in its history as a free agent.

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