Roy Keane says he’d be ’embarrassed’ and ‘ashamed’ if he was called out for lack of effort in training – as he tells Jadon Sancho to ‘show some humility’ and apologise to Erik ten Hag to save his Man United career

• Sancho is exiled from the first team after refusing to apologise to Erik Ten Hag 
• Roy Keane believes Sancho can still have a future at Man United if he apologises  
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Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has claimed he would have felt ‘ashamed’ had his performances in training been criticised publicly, as he urged Jadon Sancho to apologise to manager Erik ten Hag.

Sancho is currently being kept away from the first team as he continues his stand-off with Ten Hag amid his refusal to apologise for his public comments against his manager.

The £73million winger was exiled from United training after claiming on social media that he had been a ‘scapegoat’ and effectively calling Ten Hag a liar following defeat at Arsenal.

He has reportedly been barred from using senior squad facilities including the dining room.

Sancho, who joined from Borussia Dortmund in 2021, has made just three sub appearances for United this season, but has not featured in the squad since his outburst.

Jadon Sancho is training with United’s academy after being exiled from the first team squad

Sancho is expected to remain sidelined from the first team until he apologies to Erik ten Hag

Roy Keane called for Sancho to ‘show some humility’ to help save his Man United career

Keane speaking on the Stick to Football podcast, brought to you by Sky Bet, claimed he would be embarrassed had a manager criticised his performances in training, either to him personally or through comments in the media.

The pundit insisted Ten Hag was within his rights to publicly criticise Sancho’s training performances.  

‘My annoyance with Sancho would be if he is not training properly. Whatever it is about his personality, we are all different,’ Keane said.

‘I’d be embarrassed, I’d be ashamed of my life if the manager ever came up to me, or even spoke through the media.

‘People say you can’t say stuff about the players through the media, yes you can, you can send messages out to people.’

Keane still believes Sancho has a chance to salvage his Man United career if he was to apologise to Ten Hag.

The former Red Devils captain insisted that the Man United dressing room would move on from the incident ‘very quickly’.

‘If you have got questions marks over this player, he is not training properly and he does turn around and show some sort of humility and says maybe I got it wrong, you can move on very quickly,’ Keane said.

‘We’ve been in dressing rooms where players have come in and said: “Sorry lads I have made a mistake” and it is forgotten about very quickly.

‘Football dressing rooms are a strange dynamic. If a player shows they care and they are human, it’s fine, we move on quickly.’

The stand-off began following Man United’s defeat against Arsenal when Ten Hag said ‘Jadon, on his performances in training we did not select him,’ after being asked why Sancho had not been selected for the fixture.

Sancho was furious with Ten Hag’s comments and took to social media to say: ‘Please don’t believe everything you read! I will not allow people to say things that are 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 the team. I respect all decisions that are made by the coaching staff, I play with fantastic players and I am grateful to do so, which I know every week is a challenge. I will continue to fight for this badge no matter what!’

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Sancho refused to apologise for a social media post after his training performances were criticised

Ten Hag refused to be drawn on Sancho’s future following Man United’s Carabao Cup victory

Ten Hag refused to discuss Sancho’s future following Man United’s 3-0 Carabao Cup win over Crystal Palace on Tuesday, saying he will never talk about players ‘who are not available’.

It was put to Ten Hag that a report in Germany claimed excessive gaming sessions on his Xbox, resulting in limited sleep, is damaging Sancho’s career.

Asked if he was aware of Sancho’s gaming habits, Ten Hag was quick to shut any questions about Sancho down.

‘I don’t talk about personal issues and I don’t talk about players who are not available,’ he said swiftly, before concluding his press conference. 

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