Ten Hag dropped Sancho from the matchday squad against Arsenal for what the manager said were unacceptable levels in training. The Manchester United man hit back with a strongly-worded – and now deleted – post on social media and is currently training away from the main group at Carrington after discussions with Ten Hag in the aftermath. There remains a huge question mark over the 72.9million man&aposs future at the club.
On the pitch, Sancho has been unable to replicate the eye-catching form and statistics he cooked up during four hugely successful seasons with Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga. So what does TV pundit and former Premier League striker – Shearer – think might have gone on behind the scenes?
He told The Rest Is Football podcast: “The only thing I would say is – and we have said it before – for him to come out and publicly say that about Jadon Sancho. He must have been on his final call, and his final chance.