‘I spoke to somebody involved’ - Jadon Sancho wants more money to quit Man United

‘I spoke to somebody involved’ – Jadon Sancho wants more money to quit Man United

Jadon Sancho wants more money to quit Manchester United after holding talks with Roma about a potential move.

Sancho has rejected a switch to Roma despite reports Man United were prepared to sell him for around £20million.

The 25-year-old, who is out of contract in June 2026, returned to Old Trafford this summer after Chelsea decided against signing him permanently following his loan spell at Stamford Bridge last season.

Sancho is believed to be on around £300,000 a week with Ruben Amorim’s side, with interested parties struggling to meet his wage demands.

However, former Old Trafford chief scout Mick Brown told Football Insider Man United are confident of agreeing a transfer for Sancho before the window closes on 1 September.

Jadon Sancho’s Chelsea stats (Credit: Imago)

Jadon Sancho ‘question mark’ emerges after Roma twist

This article contains exclusive comment from Keith Wyness, former Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen CEO.

Football Insider revealed on 17 August Sancho and Alejandro Garnacho must leave Man United before they can move for their ambitious targets.

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It comes after the 20-time English champions have been priced out of a deal for Brighton midfielder Carlos Baleba, with the Seagulls reluctant to sell him this late in the window.

Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider’s Inside Track podcast, Wyness said: “I spoke to somebody involved in the transaction just the other day and they said, yes, it is the size of his remuneration at Man United that is the problem.

“Why would a player give up that sort of level of contract? It’s very rare that you see that happen, particularly in terms of the gap right now between the valuation that Roma have as opposed to what he’s getting paid at the moment.

“There’s going to have to be some serious financial engineering to get that done.

“I don’t know if there’s a way that they can come up with some formula of extending his contract payments. There’s got to be some clever way.

“I’ve often looked at very smart ways to try and extend contracts to lessen the amount paid. There are different ways that you can go about it.

“There are different financial tools available now to try and do these sort of things. But still in the end, it’s basically a bigger number than Roma value the player at.

“And the player’s got to decide, does he want to play football again and revitalise his career?

“Now, we’ve seen Sancho not turn it on in a couple of places and even on loan, so certainly there’s a bigger question mark for Roma there.”

Jadon Sancho spent last season on loan at Chelsea (Credit: Imago)

Ruben Amorim has told Rasmus Hojlund to leave Man United

In terms of other transfer activity, Amorim has told Rasmus Hojlund he can leave Man United after he was not included in the squad for their opening-day defeat against Arsenal.

AC Milan are believed to be the front-runners to sign the Denmark international despite him recently confessing he wanted to fight for his place at Old Trafford.

Hojlund has largely failed to impress for Man United since joining in a £72million deal from Atalanta in 2023, registering 26 goals and six assists in 95 appearances over the past two years.

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