{"id":1280505,"date":"2022-09-30T11:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1280505"},"modified":"2022-09-30T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T10:00:57","slug":"paul-scholes-jadon-sancho-man-utd-transfer-unproven","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/paul-scholes-jadon-sancho-man-utd-transfer-unproven\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Scholes questions Man Utd\u2019s decision to sign \u201cunproven\u201d Jadon Sancho for \u00a373m last summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Paul Scholes has criticised Manchester United&#8217;s decision to splurge \u00a373m on an &#8220;unproven&#8221; Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund last summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sancho endured a difficult maiden campaign at Old Trafford as the entire club struggled to hit the right notes, culminating in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer&#8217;s autumnal dismissal and Ralf Rangnick&#8217;s ill-fated interim reign.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>Jadon Sancho news: An &#8220;unproven&#8221; gamble for Man Utd?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Paul Scholes has hit out at Man Utd for spending \u00a373m on Jadon Sancho last summer (<a href=\"#paul-scholes-quotes\">click here for full quotes<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Man Utd struggled last season as they finished 2021\/22 with their lowest-ever points total in Premier League history.<\/li>\n<li>Sancho scored just three goals in 29 Premier League games, but has already netted twice this campaign.<\/li>\n<li>Sancho&#8217;s early-season form has caught the eye, including from Rio Ferdinand, who recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/rio-ferdinand-england-jadon-sancho-slams-gareth-southgate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called<\/a> for his inclusion in England&#8217;s latest squad.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/en\/go\/sky-bet?q=gb-all-con-wof-s-spo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored\">Man Utd take on Man City this weekend and Sky Bet are offering odds of 9\/4 on Jadon Sancho scoring or assisting.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The young English forward scored just three times in the Premier League as the club finished with their lowest-ever points total in the competition&#8217;s history. Things have started to pick up this term under Erik ten Hag, but that has not prevented Scholes from taking aim at his former club.<\/p>\n<p>The midfield legend also took issue with the club&#8217;s decision to sign Raphael Varane last summer, believing that there must have been a reason why Real Madrid were willing to sanction the <a id=\"paul-scholes-quotes\"><\/a>transfer.<\/p>\n<p><span>Speaking on\u00a0<\/span><em><a class=\"class\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-5IolEKN-08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\">The Overlap, in partnership with Sky Bet<\/a><\/em>, Scholes said: &#8220;Jadon Sancho was a young player who Manchester United spent a lot of money on, who was unproven in the league. And why would a club like Real Madrid let Varane go?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you looked at him last season, he didn&#8217;t look right. I didn&#8217;t think it was a great transfer window. Nobody at the club is taking responsibility for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/man-city-man-utd-preview-team-news-betting-acca-tips-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/man-city-man-utd-preview-team-news-betting-acca-tips-predictions\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Man City v Man Utd preview: betting acca tips, team news and predictions<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/\"><strong>Latest football news<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football betting tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best betting sites<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/betting-sites\/best-free-bet-offers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best free bet offers<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/bet\/football-tips\/accumulator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Football accumulator tips<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paul Scholes has criticised Manchester United&#8217;s decision to splurge \u00a373m on an &#8220;unproven&#8221; Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund last summer. Sancho endured a difficult maiden campaign at Old Trafford as the entire club struggled to hit the right notes, culminating in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer&#8217;s autumnal dismissal and Ralf Rangnick&#8217;s ill-fated interim reign. Jadon Sancho news:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1280537,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_focuskw":"","_yoast_wpseo_title":"","_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"Paul Scholes has criticised Manchester United's decision to splurge \u00a373m on an \"unproven\" Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund last summer.","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"news-category":[],"class_list":["post-1280505","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"external_featured_image_url":"","hide_featured_image_pattern":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paul Scholes questions Man Utd\u2019s decision to sign \u201cunproven\u201d Jadon Sancho for \u00a373m last summer | Squawka | EN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Paul Scholes has criticised Manchester 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