{"id":565768,"date":"2020-09-14T05:22:10","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T09:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=565768"},"modified":"2021-02-28T10:34:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T15:34:44","slug":"report-manchester-united-eye-up-three-alternatives-to-jadon-sancho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/14\/report-manchester-united-eye-up-three-alternatives-to-jadon-sancho\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Manchester United Eye-Up Three Alternatives to Jadon Sancho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have made their pursuit of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/add600ae\/Dortmund-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Borussia Dortmund<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dbf053da\/Jadon-Sancho?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jadon Sancho<\/a> extremely public this summer. However, their hopes of securing a deal with the Englishman are seemingly diminishing by the day. Now, the Red Devils are starting to look for alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>Also during this transfer window, United have been linked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/12661371\/manchester-united-tottenham-transfer-real-madrid-gareth-bale\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Real Madrid\u2019s Gareth Bale <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-8728325\/Manchester-United-consider-Douglas-Costa-Bale-Perisic-alternative-options-Sancho.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Juventus\u2019 Douglas Costa<\/a>. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2020\/09\/13\/jadon-sancho-deal-doubt-manchester-united-begin-look-alternatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike McGrath of the Telegraph,<\/a> Manchester United may now turn their attention to <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/d609edc0\/Internazionale-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Inter Milan\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/6fe90922\/Ivan-Perisic?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Perisic<\/a>\u00a0if the club do not manage to strike a deal for Sancho.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United May End Interest in Jadon Sancho and Consider Three Cost-Effective Alternatives<\/h2>\n<h3>Borussia Dortmund Holding Firm Over Manchester United Speculation<\/h3>\n<p>Borussia Dortmund have not changed their minds on their assessment of Jadon Sancho. The German club value the 20-year-old at \u00a3108 million, with Manchester United struggling to negotiate a suitable deal. Like all clubs, United have been economically struck by Covid-19 and cannot justify meeting Dormtund\u2019s asking price.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils only have three more weeks until the window ends and are expected to move on from Sancho. The three players they have been linked with, provide a cost-effective alternative than the 20-year-old.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United\u2019s Stance on Gareth Bale and Douglas Costa<\/h3>\n<p>Over the past few seasons, Manchester United have always shown an interest in Gareth Bale. However, rumours have intensified this summer and, with Real Madrid trying to off-load, United may eventually land Bale. The<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/10\/real-madrid-to-pay-half-of-gareth-bales-wages\/\" target=\"_self\"> Spanish giants have also offered to pay half of the Welshman\u2019s wages<\/a> if he was to exit this window.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Costa is another name that has been linked with a move to Old Trafford. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/juventus\/\" target=\"_self\">Juventus<\/a> winger has been transfer-listed by the Turin club after concerns about his injury record. It would certainly be a big risk for United to take, but one which could help the club compete with the best.<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/6fe90922\/Ivan-Perisic?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ivan Perisic<\/a> Emerges as the Latest Target<\/h3>\n<p>The Croatian wide-man is a player than Jose Mourinho tried to land ahead of United\u2019s 2017\/18 season. However, the club viewed Perisic as \u2018not marketable enough\u2019. In that time, Perisic helped his nation to the World Cup final and also played an integral role in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/bayern-munich\/\" target=\"_self\">Bayern Munich\u2019s<\/a> Champions League-winning campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Despite an impressive season with the German giants, the club are unlikely to bring him back. His parent club, Inter Milan, are expected to loan him out again, with Manchester United very much interested.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"E2eT5e2ERx9PbHXFjjfc3A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1267202900\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'E2eT5e2ERx9PbHXFjjfc3A',sig:'T7RPM7gz3CCs848rROFnP34B8RRDMWft6zsYC1Zytgg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1267202900',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have made their pursuit of Borussia Dortmund\u2019s Jadon Sancho extremely public this summer. However, their hopes of securing a deal with the Englishman are seemingly diminishing by the day. Now, the Red Devils are starting to look for alternatives. Also during this transfer window, United have been linked with Real Madrid\u2019s Gareth Bale [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3580,"featured_media":565780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,8383,2,3,28],"tags":[53,52,86,1174,154,674,1181,1621,138,323,36,6254,182,437,136],"class_list":["post-565768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-borussia-dortmund","category-featured","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-bayern-munich","tag-borussia-dortmund","tag-champions-league","tag-douglas-costa","tag-gareth-bale","tag-inter-milan","tag-ivan-perisic","tag-jadon-sancho","tag-jose-mourinho","tag-juventus","tag-manchester-united","tag-ole-gunnar-sloskjaer","tag-real-madrid","tag-world-cup","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}