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Publication date: Wednesday, October 7, 2020 8:25 AM
Manchester United were reportedly “one step away” from securing a deal for Jadon Sancho in July, before they decided to restructure the deal.
Sancho was Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s main target this summer, but the England international will stay at Borussia Dortmund after United failed to raise the £ 108m needed to do so.
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And Fabrizio Romano has revealed how close United came to signing him.
He told the Here we go podcast: ”Jadon Sancho was really one step away from signing for Manchester United in late July and early August. It was one step away.
“It has also been confirmed by some agents who were in contact with United by other players, they met with the United board these days in late July and early August and they all said: ‘United have signed Sancho. It’s just a matter of details. ‘
“What happened? They changed the structure of Sancho’s payment saying: ‘We are going to pay 80 million euros with supplements.’
“United were really convinced that before the deadline, and at the end of September, Borussia Dortmund would be ready to accept a different offer, not just 120 million euros, but 90 million euros, plus add-ons, payments in two or three years to try to sign Sancho.
“They said, ‘Okay, it’s the coronavirus summer, we need money, all clubs need money, let’s try it at the end of the summer.’
“But Dortmund’s position remained the same: ‘We will sell the player for 120 million euros.’
“They said they had the deadline, but if United arrived with 120 million euros, also the deadline, Dortmund would sell Sancho.
“It was just a question of money, of immediately paying 120 million euros.”
Athletic claimed that Joel Glazer was unwilling to improve his offer after the £ 80 million plus add-on offer was rejected, which Quick say ‘suggests that the idea of trying to restructure the deal for Sancho would have come from above from Ed Woodward, who was looking to keep costs down.’
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