Manchester United are set to allow Jadon Sancho to leave on a free transfer next summer, according to reports.
Sancho, who joined United in a £73 million deal from Borussia Dortmund in 2021, is currently spending the season on loan at Aston Villa.
During the summer, Ruben Amorim made it clear that he had no intention of reintegrating Sancho into his United squad after Chelsea paid £5m to send the winger back to Old Trafford following his loan spell last term.
United have the option of triggering an option to extend Sancho’s £200,000-a-week contract for a further year, keeping him tied to the club until 2027.
However, talkSPORT report that United are ‘leaning towards cutting their losses’ and are planning to release Sancho at the end of the season, rather than risk paying his salary for another year.
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Clubs typically opt to activate the clause in a player’s contract to extend for another 12 months in order to protect his transfer value.
But given he has no future at Old Trafford under Amorim, United would need to seek a permanent exit for Sancho next summer in order to recoup a small part of the £73m they paid to Dortmund four years ago.
Sancho has not started a Premier League game for Villa this season and has played just 69 minutes in the top flight across three substitute appearances.
Speaking last month, Unai Emery revealed that Sancho was unhappy after he was substituted in the 1-0 win against Manchester City after he replaced Emiliano Buendia in the first half.
‘Yes, sure he’s not happy but I did it before with Morgan Rogers, with Emiliano Buendia, with Leon Bailey, and he played 60 minutes on Thursday,’ Emery said.
‘Today when he [Buendia] was injured, my plan was maybe in case he [Sancho] was going to play 30 minutes, but I decided to play more and he played 45 minutes.
‘But my plan was when he was swapped with Emiliano Buendia, the idea was maybe not playing all the minutes until the last moment.
‘And I told him as well, he can feel it, it’s embarrassing.
‘Before Morgan, Emiliano Buendia and Leon Bailey, they felt the same when I subbed them, but it was not a punishment. And now it’s not a punishment.
‘He played 45 minutes, I am so happy because his impact was good, his electricity, his skill, but then to play more than now he’s not ready fit to play 90 minutes, 45 minutes is not easy enough for him and I am happy and of course, progressively he’s coming better and better.’
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