“I can’t lie, I just love” – Jadon Sancho’s comments on Chelsea transfer after getting frozen out of the first team at Manchester United
An old interview of Manchester United star Jadon Sancho has resurfaced where the attacker talks about his fondness and admiration for Chelsea.
Sancho currently finds himself out of the United first team due to a war of words with manager Erik ten Hag. The Dutchman said after the 3-1 Premier League defeat at Arsenal on September 3 that Sancho wasn’t included in the matchday squad due to his poor attitude in training.
In a now-deleted tweet, the 23-year-old responded:
“Please don’t believe everything you read! I will not allow people saying things that is completely untrue, I have conducted myself in training very well this week.
“I believe there are other reasons for this matter that I won’t go into, I’ve been a scapegoat for a long time which isn’t fair! All I want to do is play football with a smile on my face and contribute to my team.”
That didn’t go down well with Ten Hag and Manchester United, who sanctioned the player for his ‘squad discipline issue’:
“Jadon Sancho will remain on a personal training programme away from the first team group pending resolution of a squad discipline issue.”
Meanwhile, in a 2021 interview, just before his move to United, Sancho had told talkSPORT (via GOAL) that he was a Chelsea fan growing up:
“I’d probably say Frank Lampard. I was a Chelsea fan growing up, I can’t lie! Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard were my favourite players at the time. I just love Frank Lampard and how he played his game; he was so direct and so composed on the ball. I like things like that.”
However, Chelsea setting their sights firmly on bringing back Romelu Lukaku that summer meant United eventually snapped up their long-standing attacking target for £73 million from Borussia Dortmund. (as per Sky Sports)