We don’t remember anything equally disrespectful to a player in the modern game.Sure, Chelsea – like any other club in the world – has the right to buy and/or sell players based on a wide range of criteria, but Jadon Sancho’s example stands out for all the wrong reasons.Chelsea and United play game – loser gets SanchoThe 25-year-old mercurial winger is under a permanent contract with Manchester United and was loaned to the Blues in August 2024. The arrangement was simple: a season-long loan with an obligation to buy worth £20 million plus £5 million in performance-related add-ons. However, one catch was an additional clause imposed by the Stamford Bridge boardroom. Chelsea was allowed to withdraw from the deal by paying a penalty charge of £5 million.And guess what? That’s precisely what happened, according to The Athletic’s David Ornstein, despite Sancho even scoring in Chelsea’s UEFA Conference League final triumph against Betis.West Londoners will pay the ‘fee’ after they failed to reach an agreement over personal terms to make the winger’s loan move permanent.A sigh of relief at Old Trafford as Bruno rejects pharaonic Saudi offerAs things stand, Sancho will briefly return to Old Trafford, as – per Ornstein – “he has options in England and elsewhere around Europe, which he is expected to explore before making a decision as to his next step”.After all this, he’ll definitely have to work on his confidence, too, because it’s improbable that such an outcome won’t affect his personality.##NAJAVA_MECA_8963131##
