Solskjaer bid to turn Sancho into wing-back 'almost sackable offence'

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s bid to turn £73m Manchester United misfit Jadon Sancho into a wing-back is ‘almost a sackable offence’, claims former Leeds and Man City defender Danny Mills

  • Manchester United paid £73m for winger Jadon Sancho in the summer 
  • He has struggled to make impact and yet to score or assist in 13 games   
  • Now he could be deployed in an unfamiliar role in a bid to kickstart his career

Danny Mills says Manchester United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may have committed a ‘sackable offence’ for trying to convert Jadon Sancho into a wing-back.

The Red Devils paid £73million to Borussia Dortmund in the summer to sign the England winger after a two-year chase.

Sancho has struggled to make impact and yet to score or assist in 13 games. 

Jadon Sancho has struggled to make impact since his arrival from Borussia Dortmund

And now he could be deployed in an unfamiliar role in a bid to kickstart his Old Trafford career following an encouraging cameo against Manchester City.

Former Leeds and Man City defender Mills told Football Insider: ‘Good luck turning him into a wing-back!

‘He didn’t play for England too much in the Euros because I don’t think he was reliable enough to track back and do the defensive side of it. Dortmund never played him there.

‘You bought a winger who is going to create chances and score goals. Suddenly you’re going to play him at wing-back in an unbelievably leaky defence. It’s like, really?

Sancho could be deployed in an unfamiliar role in a bid to kickstart his Old Trafford career

‘That’s almost a sackable offence in itself.

‘Shall we put Cristiano Ronaldo at centre-half because he can head a ball? I think Ronaldo can head the ball better than the centre-halves at the moment so should they put him at centre-half?

‘It’s more than a little bit ridiculous.’

Sancho was introduced as a half-time substitute against Man City and United’s backroom team, according to The Athletic, were impressed by the way the 21-year-old tried to assert himself and push up in an attempt to get beyond City’s last man and also cover the runs of Kyle Walker.




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