Tottenham, Aston Villa and Newcastle United are in the running to sign Jadon Sancho from Manchester United in the summer transfer window, according to reports.
Chelsea confirmed on Wednesday that they are not taking up their £25 million permanent option to sign Sancho following his season-long stint at Stamford Bridge and have paid a £5m penalty fee to send him back to United.
Sancho’s future is now uncertain as it’s understood that Ruben Amorim has no plans to integrate the 25-year-old into his squad for United’s pre-season campaign.
According to The Sun, Sancho has already attracted interest from three Premier League clubs with Spurs, Villa and Newcastle all keeping tabs on the winger’s situation at Old Trafford.
It’s claimed that Villa will aim to secure a loan deal but United are looking for a permanent sale this summer.
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Chelsea, who is on a £300,000-a-week deal with United, had the option to sign Sancho permanently for a £25m fee but could not reach an agreement with the winger over personal terms.
Meanwhile, Borussia Dortmund have all but ruled out the prospect of re-signing Sancho this summer.
Dortmund signed Sancho from Manchester City for £8m in 2017 and the winger enjoyed the best seasons of his career with the Bundesliga club before his £73m move to United in 2021.
Sancho has been linked with a return to Dortmund this summer but the German club’s sporting director, Sebastian Kehl, says the club have other priorities.
‘Of course, contact with Jadon is always there, in some way, because we have a very long history,’ Kehl told Ruhr Nachrichten.
‘But that’s not an issue for us right now. We have other priorities at the moment, and that’s why the Sancho issue may have been more talked about in the media than internally.’
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