Ruben Amorim tipped to bring Sancho BACK to Man Utd

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 23 Mar 2025 09:30 GMT
• 4 min read

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Ruben Amorim has been tipped to bring Manchester United flop Jadon Sancho back to the club this summer.

Sancho has hit the news recently after it emerged that Chelsea no longer see him as part of their plans for the future.

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Sancho, 24, arrived at Stamford Bridge last summer on a loan from Manchester United that contains a commitment to purchase the player for a fee of around €25-30 million depending on their final Premier League position.

But now the Blues are ready to back out of that agreement - by paying a penalty clause - as Sancho has failed to produce the goods for Enzo Maresca.

Dan Micciche, Sancho's former coach for England's youth teams, believes that Sancho will thrive under Ruben Amorim at United.

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Sancho to thrive under Ruben Amorim?

"Jadon would have to play as a left-sided No.10, I couldn't see him play as a wing-back," Micciche told The Sun. "Can he play there? Yeah, absolutely. I think he could play for Ruben Amorim in his system.

"It might actually suit him more - in terms of freeing him up. He wouldn't be hugging the touchline as much, he would in middle of the pitch more and would have more options when he gets the ball."

Sancho is in the midst of a dreadful run of form for Chelsea, having failed to register a single goal contribution in the last 11 games.

His latest dismal showing was last Sunday when he was substituted after 76 minutes in the 1-0 defeat at Arsenal.

After a bright start at Chelsea in which he grabbed three assists in his first three games, Sancho has returned to the poor performances we saw at Man Utd.

The last time Sancho managed a goal or asssist was in the 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace on January 4 when he got the asssist for Cole Palmer.

Sancho has one goal contribution in the last 14 games, while the last time he scored was 15 games ago against Tottenham on December 8. He has just two goals all season.

Sancho troubles at Man Utd

Sancho joined Man Utd from Dortmund for €85 million in the summer of 2021.

But he was a major disappointment at Old Trafford.

He scored just 12 goals in 82 appearances for United and was regularly a bench player during his time at the club.

Earlier last season, Sancho was frozen out of the squad at Man Utd.

It came after manager Ten Hag criticised Sancho publicly for his poor performances in training, which was followed by the winger essentially calling his manager a liar on social media.

Sancho was not called up again after this incident and was barred from training with the first team, as well as using their facilities and canteen.

Sancho was also deleted from the team’s WhatsApp group by Ten Hag.

United transfer listed him and then sent him on loan to Dortmund in January where he rediscovered some of his form and helped the club to the Champions League final where they lost to Real Madrid.

He subsequently joined Chelsea last summer but is now struggling again.