Jadon Sancho is still without a club after leaving Manchester United earlier this summer, and the latest update does not make the picture look any better. He has been training at Flixton, but the club says he was not on trial and was not involved in any transfer discussions. It was simply a private session while he prepared for the next chapter.
Flixton's clarification
Christopher Garcia said Sancho was not on trial and was not involved in any transfer discussions after using the club's facilities for a private training session. That leaves a fairly plain reading of where things stand. He is keeping fit, but he does not yet have a new club and the interest around him is still thin.
There has been talk of Middle East interest, but nothing here suggests a move is close. The concern is now being voiced more openly too. Gabby Agbonlahor said he worries Sancho could be one of those players who retire at 28, a comment that reflects how sharply the conversation has shifted around him.
The long fall from the Dortmund move
The scale of the original move still hangs over the whole story. Manchester United paid a reported £73 million to sign Sancho from Borussia Dortmund, where the level was much higher and the output was stronger. Dortmund finished second in the 2025 Bundesliga with 73 points and scored 70 league goals, which underlines the kind of environment Sancho left behind.
His United record never came close to justifying the fee. He made 83 appearances and scored 12 goals, and he has made just four appearances for the club since the start of the 2022-23 season. Erik ten Hag's criticism of his training level only adds to why the move unravelled so badly.
For Sancho, the problem now is not one bad spell. It is that the next step is taking a long time to arrive, and the clubs linked with him have yet to turn that into anything concrete.
Written by Jack Mercer with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 2 outlets. How we work →
