Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel doesn’t feel Jadon Sancho has “done enough” after missing out on the England squad for the World Cup this month.
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The Red Devils signed Sancho from Dortmund for £72m in 2021 with the deal a good year in the making after several months of conversations and speculation.
And the signing has been a huge anti-climax with Sancho so far failing to live up to the huve expectations of fans and pundits.
The England international contributed 37 goals and 41 assists in his final three years at Dortmund with Sancho emerging as one of the hottest prospects in world football.
But things have not worked out at Manchester United with Sancho contributing five goals and providing four assists in 39 Premier League games for the Red Devils.
Sancho has started ten Premier League games under Erik ten Hag this campaign, scoring two goals and providing one assist, leading to England boss Gareth Southgate leaving him out of his World Cup squad.
Southgate’s decision came as no surprise to anyone and former United goalkeeper Schmeichel believes the England manager made the right decision.
Speaking on Sky Sports ahead of United’s 4-2 win over Aston Villa in the League Cup, Schmeichel said: “I don’t think he’s done enough.
“I’m a little bit disappointed with the talent that he has, and yes it’s difficult to come to Old Trafford with that price-tag, I understand that. But he’s shown that he can do whatever he did at Borussia Dortmund, he just hasn’t done it enough.”
Schmeichel’s fellow pundit Dion Dublin thinks the England winger probably agrees with Southgate’s decision too.
“The Sancho one, he’s probably saying to himself, ‘I haven’t done enough, fair play, Gareth,’” Dublin added.
And former United defender Paul Parker predicts that Sancho will “never be able to adapt” to the Premier League and that he could go down as the club’s “worst buy ever”.
“If you look at the money Man United paid for him, I would say that he could end up being the worst buy ever in Manchester United’s history,” Parker told Bettors. “To be honest I’ve never really understood why Man United paid so much money for Jadon Sancho.
“He has a lot of issues because he is never attacking fullbacks, he is passing backwards and is not really challenging his direct opponent. The way you play in Germany is completely different to the Premier League and it seems like he’ll never be able to adapt well enough to be a key player for Man United.”
