To say he’s only garnered interest from a few suitors since returning to Old Trafford this summer, Jadon Sancho is playing hard to get.
Back at the start of June, it was confirmed that Chelsea had decided against signing the Manchester United outcast permanently and instead opted to pay a £5 million penalty to bypass the £25 million buy obligation.
Given he still has no future at United following his notorious fallout and exile with Erik ten Hag in September 2023, Sancho has formed one fifth of INEOS’ ‘bomb squad’ along with fellow outcasts Antony, Alejandro Garnacho, Tyrell Malacia and, prior to his Barcelona switch, Marcus Rashford – all of whom were expected to be sold before 2025/2026 got underway.
Jadon Sancho: The state of play this summer
Sancho’s lacklustre form in recent years has led to him being valued at just £17m by United; they initially kept his price tag at £25m immediately after his Stamford Bridge departure, but soon conceded that no clubs would be willing to pay such a fee for such a substandard player.
His most likely destination throughout the window has been deemed as Juventus, although even they put their interest in the 25-year-old on the back burner to prioritise a move for Ademola Lookman instead.
Reporter Alfredo Pedulla revealed on Sunday morning that Sancho has rebuffed an approach from Besiktas in recent days – a deal that would’ve seen him reunite with the manager that signed him for United, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
Sancho holding out for Juventus move
The forward was uninterested in the prospective switch due to his desire to join Juventus in the coming weeks.
Hours later, Pedulla claimed that Roma had made a fresh enquiry to gauge the feasibility of a deal for Sancho, having ‘pressed further’ on Sunday evening by talking to United’s intermediaries.
Again, though, the Italian journalist added that Sancho has ‘rejected everything’ up to this stage. He is giving full priority to the Old Lady.
Esclusiva: #Sancho, la #Roma si è informata sui costi e ha insistito anche in serata con l’intermediario del #ManchesterUnited. Sancho ha fin qui respinto tutto (10 agosto) aspettando la #Juventus che ha continuato a prendere tempo. In mattinata il no al #Besiktas
— Alfredo Pedullà (@AlfredoPedulla) August 10, 2025
