DBasia.news – Gary Neville warned Manchester United not to delay the recruitment of Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund.
The Red Devils have been linked with Sancho during the 2019/20 season, as the winger’s performance has been even more impressive.
The England international player managed to pack 20 goals from 40 appearances for Dortmund, also he recorded 20 assists for the landing team of Lucien Favre who finished second in the Bundesliga and penetrated the knockout stages of the Champions League.
United are said to be at the forefront of bringing Sancho, ahead of Chelsea and Manchester City, but Dortmund will reportedly ask for a ransom of £ 100 million for these assets in the transfer market.
Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain have also been linked to the 20-year old talent, but the financial impact of the corona virus pandemic has prompted a number of top European clubs to rethink their decision.
Neville himself asked United not to delay the recruitment of Sancho, believing his former club was in a strong position to obtain his services when the transfer window reopened on July 27.
Neville said: “Basically you still have to convince players to come, you still have to pay money to the club. You can’t bully Borussia Dortmund to force them to sell him, “he told Webby & O’Neill.
“The following summer, Real Madrid might be after him, Bayern Munich might be after him, City might be after him – even though they say no – and Chelsea might be after him too.
“When all clubs are given money, he [Sancho] will probably have four or five choices. The fact that he can come to Manchester United this summer, because Manchester United is the only club that can purchase him this summer, United will likely get a player they couldn’t get before.
“Manchester United, I wasn’t sure for the past six, seven, eight, nine years when they brought in players and spent all that money, they might want different players who unfortunately went to other clubs and they were unable to get him because the player chose to play for other clubs.
“Manchester United are now, hopefully, in a position where they can land the players’ wishes. Paul Pogba is staying at Manchester United for now, I think. He wouldn’t if there was no corona virus. I’m sure other clubs in Europe might say, ‘Yes, we will purchase him’, but now they don’t have the money to purchase him.
“Manchester United now have the opportunity to exploit the market. That allows them to bring in players at a lower price – I think they will get the game cheaper – but that’s because the transfer market is less competitive than usual.
“If there is only you who shop, you will have a better chance to purchase than if there are four or five potential buyers, and I think that is the advantage of Manchester United now,” he added.