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title: "Manchester United: Red Devils handed major Jadon Sancho boost as Dortmund plan for his departure"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-red-devils-handed-major-jadon-sancho-boost-as-dortmund-plan-for-his-departure/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Thomas Ward"
section: "Manchester United Football Club"
published: "2020-07-23T09:20:28Z"
modified: "2020-07-23T09:20:28Z"
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# Manchester United: Red Devils handed major Jadon Sancho boost as Dortmund plan for his departure

**Manchester United have been handed a major boost in the race to sign Jadon Sancho this summer as Borussia Dortmund are already planning for his departure.**

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has made it clear that Sancho is the signing he needs to rebuild the Red Devils midfield.

In the same week Man United entered ‘[advanced](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-transfer-rumours/manchester-united-red-devils-enter-advanced-talks-with-sancho-as-borussia-dortmund-drop-bombshell/)‘ talks with Dortmund, [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/07/22/manchester-uniteds-hopes-signing-jadon-sancho-boosted-dortmund/) revealed the Germans are stepping up contingency plans in preparation for his exit in the summer.

The Bundesliga challengers have now turned their attentions elsewhere as they try to sign a new right winger before the start of next season.

United have not met Dortmund’s asking price of [£100m](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/07/22/manchester-uniteds-hopes-signing-jadon-sancho-boosted-dortmund/) so there is still some work to be done.

However, [Michael Zorc](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/07/22/manchester-uniteds-hopes-signing-jadon-sancho-boosted-dortmund/), the German club’s sporting director, is putting plans in place for Sancho to depart as he expects negotiations to continue throughout the summer.

[Man United](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/manchester-united-transfer-rumours/manchester-united-red-devils-enter-advanced-talks-with-sancho-as-borussia-dortmund-drop-bombshell/) have been trying to sign Sancho for three years now, but it seems they are now one step closer to bringing him back to England.

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Sancho, 20, is [the club’s top scorer](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/teams/borussia-dortmund/top-scorers) this season, as he has scored [20 goals](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/346300/Show/Jadon-Sancho) in all competitions so far.

The England international famously left Manchester City to join Dortmund in [2017](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/man-city-jadon-sancho-sterling-16577437) after refusing to sign a new deal at the Etihad.

According to The Telegraph’s [Mike McGrath](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/07/22/manchester-uniteds-hopes-signing-jadon-sancho-boosted-dortmund/), the Yellow and Blacks have earmarked Werder Bremen’s Milot Rashica as the player they feel can replace Sancho in the summer.

Admittedly, there is still a long way to go, but the fact Dortmund are already lining up a replacement should give Ed Woodward the boost he needs to get a deal done.

Whether or not United will improve [their £80m valuation](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2020/07/22/manchester-uniteds-hopes-signing-jadon-sancho-boosted-dortmund/) remains to be seen, as [Woodward](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/24/manchester-united-summer-spending-limited-warns-ed-woodward#:~:text=Manchester%20United's%20summer%20spending%20may%20be%20limited%2C%20warns%20Ed%20Woodward,-This%20article%20is&text=Ed%20Woodward%20has%20warned%20it,the%20financial%20impact%20of%20coronavirus.) has warned the club’s summer spending may be limited in these uncertain times.

Failing to sign Sancho in the summer would be a huge blow for Solskjaer, as he has made it [his mission](https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/man-utd-sancho-transfer-news-18421169) to bring him to Old Trafford at all costs.

***United fans, do you think Woodward will sign Sancho this summer? Let us know down below!***