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Erik ten Hag provides worrying update on Jadon Sancho fitness.
Erik ten Hag has said that there is presently no timetable for Jadon Sancho’s return to Manchester United action.
The English attacker made an immediate impact under Ten Hag at the beginning of the season, scoring significant goals in victories over Liverpool and Leicester City, but was forced to miss the final four games before the World Cup owing to an ailment that has not been identified.
Sancho was therefore left out of Man Utd’s squad for their two friendlies against Cadiz and Real Betis in Spain, which they played in the middle of the World Cup. Ten Hag acknowledged to the press that he does not know when Sancho will return.
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“He’s not fit enough,” the boss said. “We didn’t see him in the last games for United as he wasn’t in the right fitness state and he is now on an individual programme.
“We want him to finish that and hopefully see him back soon. We want to bring him back as quickly as possible but I can’t give a prognosis of when that will be. He was good [in pre-season] but also when the league started he played some good games like Liverpool, Leicester and Arsenal. After we got a drop of level and what happens sometimes you don’t know why or what is causing it.
“That is what we’re doing now, trying to research and now we try to get him back there. It’s a combination of physical but also mental.”