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Man United cannot pull Sancho deal off without Champions League football

By Ashley Anthony

Dortmund's English midfielder Jadon Sancho celebrate scoring during the German first division Bundesliga football match BVB Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt, in Dortmund, western Germany on February 14, 2020. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) / RESTRICTIONS: DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
Dortmund's English midfielder Jadon Sancho celebrate scoring during the German first division Bundesliga football match BVB Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt, in Dortmund, western Germany on February 14, 2020. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP) / RESTRICTIONS: DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) /
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Man United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer cannot pull off the Jadon Sancho deal without Champions League football. They do however still possess a couple of avenues to claim their European spot.

Ole and Man United’s time away from the destructive media and the demanding football, appears to have been the perfect reset for them. They come off the back of a 2-0 victory away from home against Chelsea.

That’s back-to-back games for old foes, Lampard and Ole, with the latter taking the double W, as well as keeping two clean sheets, scoring six goals, and collecting six points from this fixture. The first double over the Blues in the Premier League for the Red Devils.

The goals came in either half of the 90 minutes. The late 45th-minute go-ahead by Anthony Martial and the 66th-minute combination goal of Harry Maguire and Eric Bailly, and Bruno Fernandes from a set-piece.

With them now closing the gap to three points from being six adrift, Champions League football for next season comes alive on more fronts for the Old Trafford side. An important ingredient if they are to stand any chance of landing one of England’s most promising youngsters in the game today.

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It appears with the signings made United can boast four points from the past two games. Something they were couldn’t achieve, especially while going missing in front of the poles for three games, having scored no goals in any of them.

Bruno seems to supply the goods when the dead ball situation takes place and a player who certainly only looks to shoots at goal or pass the ball forward. Odion Ighalo had some magical touches which almost led to a fairytale start to his life as a Manchester United man. Willy Caballero was good at making himself big and coming off his line.

More of this means they could be on their way to fight till the final whistle of the season to get their spot back on the big stage. This will aid them in getting Jadon Sancho. If they don’t make it through the Europa League or gaining maximum from the 36 points left to play for. Others will beat them to his signature.

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Sancho is an addition fit for any top-six side, and a team in United’s situation are in dire need of world-class players if they are to challenge for major honours. The potentially world-class player is spoilt for choice and will undoubtedly have the final say in where he wants to go.

Liverpool will pull out because of a high asking fee, leaving Chelsea and Man City (who may be off the cards due to the ongoing Man City saga) to go to war with United for the 19-year-old forward.

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