When Erik ten Hag’s departure was announced by Manchester United earlier this week, one mischievous social media account mocked up a post purporting to be a send-off from Jadon Sancho.
On any sort of inspection the image - of two emojis: one a waving hand and the other a bald man’s head - was, obviously, fake, but that it seemed feasible even at a millisecond’s mid-scroll glance was a reminder of the hostile terms on which Sancho’s United career was forcibly grounded. (That former goalkeeper David de Gea actually did post a ‘chef’s kiss’ symbol shortly after Ten Hag’s sacking probably aided it’s credibility, too).
