Thursday, June 11, 2026 - Jadon Sancho has officially left Manchester United as a free agent, five years after arriving in a £75m deal and months after earning a Europa League winner’s medal at Villa Park.
Manchester United confirmed Sancho will leave
alongside Tyrell Malacia, and Casemiro, who will all leave the club when
their contracts expire at the end of this month.
Sancho only made 83 appearances for United, scoring 12 goals
and getting six assists, and remains their fourth-most expensive signing ever.
He has spent the last two-and-a-half seasons out on loan at
Borussia Dortmund, Chelsea and then Aston Villa, and has only made one
appearance for United – in the 2024 Community Shield – since August 2023.
His last Premier League game for United came almost three
years ago before a falling-out with former manager Erik ten Hag.
The Dutchman dropped him from the squad for a game at
Arsenal, criticising Sancho’s efforts in training, while he responded by saying
he was being made a scapegoat. Ten Hag banished Sancho from first-team training
as neither backed down before he rejoined Dortmund in January 2024.
He has gone on to play in European finals in three years
with three clubs – Dortmund in the Champions League, Chelsea in the Conference
League and Villa in the Conference League, winning the last two.
Chelsea paid a £5m penalty clause in their loan agreement to
avoid buying Sancho while Villa are not expected to buy him after he only
started nine league games in his year playing for Unai Emery.
Dortmund have said they are interested in signing Sancho for
a third time this summer.
Casemiro had already confirmed his departure, four years
after joining from Real Madrid for £63m. The 34-year-old scored 26 goals in 160
games and was an integral part of the United team that finished third this
season.
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