Roundup: Atletico Madrid down Inter Milan, Jadon Sancho scores for Dortmund
Jan Oblak was the hero for Atletico Madrid as they beat Inter Milan on penalties to progress into the Champions League quarter-finals.
Jadon Sancho is an English winger for Manchester United, currently on loan at Borussia Dortmund.
Previously, he played in the youth soccer setups at Watford and Manchester City before a move to Borussia Dortmund.
Sancho was picked up by Manchester City at the age of 14 in March 2015. He had spent eight years on the books of Watford prior to his move up north. The initial fee was reportedly £66,000, potentially rising to £500,000 with add-ons.
Sancho impressed in the Manchester City academy and looked set to be fast-tracked into the first team in 2017. However, ahead of the 2017/18 season, a dispute erupted between Sancho and City over assurances regarding playing time in a new contract. According to widespread reports, Sancho stopped training with Manchester City in a bid to force a move away from the club and he was omitted from their pre-season tour.
Despite reported interest from the likes of Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur, Sancho opted to move abroad, signing for Borussia Dortmund on August 31, 2017 for a reported fee of around £8million.
The 2019/20 season was even more prolific for Sancho as he played in 44 matches, scoring 20 goals. He was heavily linked with a move to Manchester United. However, nothing materialised that summer.
After a failed bid to sign him in the summer of 2020, Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund eventually agreed a £73million fee to take him to Old Trafford with the deal to be completed after his involvement for England in Euro 2020.
The signing was made official on July 23, weeks after it was reported and everyone knew it was a done deal.
But things didn't work out as he struggled to make a big impression at Old Trafford.
The 23-year-old winger claimed on social media in September 2023 that he had been made a “scapegoat” after boss Erik ten Hag said he did not reach the “level” required to be involved in their squad at Arsenal.
United later confirmed Sancho would train away from the first-team group “pending resolution of a squad discipline issue”, but a settlement between player and manager was never reached.
The England international was banished from the first team for four months before eventually returning to Dortmund on a temporary basis in January 2024.
Sancho made the last of his 82 United appearances in August against Nottingham Forest – one of just three games he has played in the 2023/24 season.
He scored his first two goals for England in a 5-3 win over Kosovo in a UEFA Euro 2020 qualifier on September 10, 2019, drawing praise from England team-mate Raheem Sterling.
Sancho was not used in the semi-final against Denmark, but he did get on the pitch against Italy in the final in the closing minutes of extra-time.
Sancho has more than five million followers on Instagram, 311,000 likes on his official Facebook page and half a million followers on Twitter. Sancho is signed to talent management company Elite Project Group.
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