Game-shy United loanee now a “primary” target for Turkish giants – report

Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho has not had the ideal loan move up to this point. Chelsea rejection In the summer of 2024, Chelsea agreed to a loan plus obligation to buy Sancho from United. Despite scoring five goals and providing 10 assists, the Blues rejected their chance to sign the England international permanently. Instead they paid a £5 million compensation to United and Sancho was left to find another club. He signed for Aston Villa on loan on deadline day of the summer market but he has found game time very hard to come by under Unai Emery. Aston Villa nightmare The Villans are having an incredible season and recently beat United 1-2 at Villa Park. Nonetheless, Sancho has largely been irrelevant to Villa’s success as he has spent most of his season on the bench. He has only played a total of 529 minutes all season with the majority of this time being in a rotated side for the Europa League. Transfer speculation As a result, there has been speculation that the winger wants to leave Villa in search of game time as his United deal expires this coming summer and he will want his pick of clubs to leave for in free agency. There have been links to a return to Germany, especially his former club Borussia Dortmund. In the summer there were numerous Turkish clubs who showed an interest in signing the 25-year-old and according to local press, Besiktas are still in the race for the winger. Fotomac claim that the Black and Whites want to sign numerous players this winter and “their primary target is Jadon Sancho , whose transfer was also discussed at the beginning of the season.” It is believed that, “Sancho wants to leave the team during the winter transfer window and play for a club where he can get regular playing time.” Were the Turkish side willing to offer any sort of transfer fee, United would likely snap their hand off as any sort of compensation for the £73 million signing in 2021. Jadon Sancho 25/26 season stats MatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes 1300529 Source: transfermarkt.com Featured image Eddie Keogh via Getty Images The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.