Jadon Sancho's form at Manchester United has been used as a warning to English players who choose to move abroad.
Sancho enjoyed a brilliant spell at Borussia Dortmund where he bagged 50 goals and 64 assists in 137 matches for the Bundesliga side. After securing a move to Old Trafford in the summer, the 22-year-old has struggled to replicate such form.
He's scored just five goals in 38 appearances this campaign and has not registered a goal involvement since setting up Cristiano Ronaldo during United's victory against Tottenham Hotspur back in March. Anton Ferdinand believes that this will now be seen as a warning to other players who wish to make the move abroad.
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Speaking on Five, Ferdinand said: "He got his move to United for £75million and he struggled because he had never played in the Premier League before. As someone who came through the English set-up, the English game makes you robust – there’s no getting away from it.
"It hardens you and that’s why you see a lot of players go out on loan in the lower league clubs to become a man. Jadon Sancho has come back to England and now he’s probably feeling like he has to become a man again, because of the robustness of the league.”
Noni Madueke is another young English player who is gaining experience abroad at PSV and Ferdinand used him as an example, adding: "For some young players it’s fantastic to get games under your belt if you can play for PSV, but we are seeing how hard it is to then come back.
"That’s the one thing that frightens me in terms of all these youngsters going abroad. Yeah, it’s fantastic going abroad and bringing a different culture back, but what do we as English fans want to see?"
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