It is completely unclear when Jadon Sancho can be part of the Manchester United squad again. A week ago, Erik ten Hag said that Rashford is not at the desired level ‘physically and mentally’. After the cup victory over Burnley, the trainer was unable to give a new update.
“No”, he simply replied when asked if there is more clarity about Sancho’s return. A month ago, Sancho was spotted at the North Brabant amateur club OJC Rosmalen. Ten Hag had brought the attacker into contact with individual trainers he knows from the Netherlands. While the rest of the available players set up a training camp in Spain this month, Sancho trained for himself.
Ten Hag also did not want to elaborate on a possible sale of the club – “don’t ask me any questions about that”. About the match, yes. “We played against a good team, who are good on the ball. It is then difficult to put pressure on. We succeeded anyway. There were a lot of conversions and we should have gotten more out of that. There is certainly room for improvement. We have to work on that, but I’m happy with our game in this game,” he analyzed.
Ten Hag complimented Marcus Rashford
Ten Hag saw his team take the lead via ‘a nice team goal’ and complimented Marcus Rashford, who made it 2-0 after a solo. “I found him a constant threat. He was always at the back line of the opponent. And he is very dangerous with his speed, his dribbles, his movements off the ball and his passes. He runs a lot and makes a lot of goal attempts. You benefit from that,” he concluded.
Manchester United can end the trophy drought after six years with the League Cup. Heavyweights such as Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal are already out of the tournament, while Manchester City and Liverpool meet on Thursday.
