{"id":531053,"date":"2026-03-18T15:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/531053\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T15:38:11","slug":"man-utd-man-closes-in-on-dream-destination-as-summer-transfer-is-now-very-likely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/531053\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd man closes in on &#8216;dream destination&#8217; as summer transfer is &#8216;now very likely&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd winger Jadon Sancho looks increasingly likely to complete a summer transfer to Borussia Dortmund, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils allowed Sancho to go on his third loan since joining\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a>\u00a0in 2021 with Aston Villa taking him on a temporary deal in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Loan spells at Dortmund and Chelsea in recent years did nothing to persuade a club to purchase Sancho with the Man Utd winger\u2019s huge wages a big stumbling block.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd now have the option of taking up their option on Sancho, which will see them cover his wages for another year in the hope someone buys him in the summer, or lose him on a free transfer in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>But Fabrizio Romano revealed in December that Man Utd will allow Sancho to pursue a free transfer away from Old Trafford in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Romano said on his YouTube channel: \u201cJadon Sancho is out of contract in the summer transfer window. Man Utd have an option to extend, but from what I\u2019m told, they have already been clear with people close to Sancho.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/maresca-to-rosenior-next-man-utd-and-liverpool-in-10-manager-downgrades\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maresca to Rosenior next? Man Utd and Liverpool in 10 manager downgrades<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan Utd believe that the chapter of Sancho at Man Utd is closed and there is no chance to find a different way. Sancho will not play for Man Utd again and this is the clear position of the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be following what\u2019s going to happen. Now I think it\u2019s time to let Jadon Sancho take his time with Aston Villa, enjoy his time at Aston Villa, and try to make an impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And former club Borussia Dortmund now look like the most likely route out of Old Trafford for Sancho <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/sportbild.bild.de\/fussball\/borussia-dortmund\/bvb-kovac-trifft-sancho-entscheidung-zweite-rueckhol-aktion-69b96ab7fc05063917a4e9de\" target=\"_blank\">with German publication Bild claiming that<\/a> \u2018each day brings him closer to his dream destination\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A return to Dortmund \u2018is becoming increasingly concrete and is now very likely\u2019 after the board at the Bundesliga club \u2018are now increasingly reaching a consensus\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>MORE MANCHESTER UNITED COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/sad-man-utd-player-offered-euro-giants-next-four-stars-facing-axe-casemiro-revealed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Sad\u2019 Man Utd player \u2018offered\u2019 to Euro giants as \u2018next four stars facing axe\u2019 after Casemiro revealed<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/jose-fonte-bruno-fernandes-manchester-united-future\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Fonte tells Bruno Fernandes what to do about Man Utd future \u2013 \u2018Why not?\u2019<\/a><br \/>* <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/manchester-united-interest-in-wolves-star-joao-gomes-heightened\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd \u2018interest\u2019 in Brazilian midfielder \u2018heightened\u2019 after he stars against Liverpool<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report adds: \u2018Sporting director Sebastian Kehl has always been a supporter of Sancho, seeing him as a clear game-changer. Now, sporting director Lars Ricken is also becoming more and more enthusiastic about the idea of \u200b\u200bbringing Sancho back. His name is being hotly debated internally, with arguments for and against being exchanged. The pendulum is now swinging more strongly in favour.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>On Niko Kovac\u2019s view on bringing the Man Utd winger back to Dortmund, Bild continued: \u2018He takes a pragmatic view of the situation, aware of Sancho\u2019s sometimes difficult personality, but also of his great strengths.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Despite only speaking to Sancho\u2019s entourage and not the player, it is understood that the \u2018general consensus seems very clear: Sancho is open to a return to BVB and is reportedly willing to take a pay cut\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Man Utd winger Jadon Sancho looks increasingly likely to complete a summer transfer to Borussia Dortmund, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-531053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}