LAST UPDATE | 10 Aug 2020
BORUSSIA DORTMUND’S SPORTING director Michael Zorc insists the “decision is final” that Jadon Sancho will remain with the club this season.
The England international is a target for Manchester United but they are unwilling to pay the Bundesliga side’s £100million (€111million) valuation on a player they bought from Manchester City for £10m (€11m) in 2017.
Dortmund set 10 August – the day they travelled to their pre-season training camp – as the deadline for a deal to be agreed but they are now ensconced in Bad Regaz in Switzerland with nothing in place.
That prompted Zorc to confidently announce Sancho would not be going anywhere.
“We plan on having Jadon Sancho in our team this season, the decision is final. I think that answers all our questions,” he told a press conference.
Negotiations appear to have been made more difficult by Zorc’s revelation the 20-year-old’s contract has three years left to run and not two as originally thought.
“Last summer we adjusted the salary to the performance development of Jadon. In this context, we have extended the contract until 2023,” he added.
Last week United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted signing Sancho presented a significant challenge but refused to be drawn on their pursuit.
Asked how difficult, he said: “Well, we’re looking into all transfers differently. I’m not going to speak about individuals that are not our players.”
- Updated with PA story after Zorc’s latest comments.
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Dortmund player turns up for work. WOW!
@Derek Braddish: Was thinking the exact same thing – Dortmund player heads to Dortmund training camp. It’s a non-event.
It’s an interesting scenario. Dortmund in fairness want to get the most for their player and Utd clearly want him. He seems to want to move according to “people on the inside” so it’s a bit of a standoff. Utd would be stupid to pay 100 million odd for him but he would definitely improve the Utd team. In the current market, he’s realitically worth 70 to 80 million. I doubt Utd will pay more than that so they’ll probably have to look elsewhere.
@Stephen Foster: It’s actually a rather common scenario rather than interesting, really. There are quite a few transfers I remember being drawn out tedious stand offs between clubs and talent and valuations. Reading your comment is like eating tofu…I know I’m eating something but it feels more like nothing.
@Stephen Foster: This actually reads a lot ruder than I had intended or meant, sorry!
@Stephen Foster: I genuinely think 120m for him isn’t bad by today’s crazy standards, especially if he stayed for 10 years. He’s still only 20 and probably only going to improve a lot. Obviously it’s a crazy amount to spend on one player tbf
@Quoka: apology accepted.
Ronaldo will be back in the rumor Mill now.
Maybe Lance Armstrong FC will bid 1 billion Petro Dollars for him and scupper the deal.
I’m torn between is this BVB being tough in negotiation – they said the same about dembele before selling him 2 months later
or are Utd genuinely being tight – they generally spend big when they haven’t got champions league.
Either way, Woodward out
@john flynn: wanting to pay less than 120 million isn’t exactly being tight I wouldn’t have thought.
@Shimmy Shammy: They pay 80m for Maguire and they’re fools, they don’t pay 120m for Sancho and they’re tight. Can’t win either way!
@Stephen Lyons: that’s like comparing apples and oranges Stephen. Sancho is class and is going to get better, Maguire, 80million….
@Shimmy Shammy: to be fair 120m is probably most of the budget unless they sell a few players
@Stephen Lyons: Ed shot himself in the foot by disclosing the fee for Wan Bissaka that time
@my name: If they failed to get Maguire it would be the same story, that’s my point
“Didnt rate the lad anyways” random angry ould man u fan
Really hope this deal falls through , he’s even more overrated than neymar ,!
A petulant little boy , by all accounts .