When Manchester United signed Jadon Sancho for £72.9million last summer, Raheem Sterling was the only English player to record more goal involvements (110) than Sancho (109), which is goals and assists combined, across the previous three seasons.
United were persistent in their pursuit of Sancho and they had finally landed his signature, for a reasonable price as well. Manchester City's £100m signing of Jack Grealish made United's deal for Sancho look like remarkable value. Sancho had spent four spell-binding years with Borussia Dortmund in Germany and he had established himself as one of the world's most exciting prospects.
Sancho was brought back to earth last season. United's toxic dressing room would have burdened most and he was meeting adversity for perhaps the first time in his career. Sancho played wonderfully illuminating football during his time with Dortmund but he suddenly appeared weighed down and devoid of confidence in his first season at Old Trafford.
