Manchester United have confirmed that Jadon Sancho will train away from the first team until issues between the player and manager Erik Ten Hag are resolved.
“Jadon Sancho will remain on a personal training programme away from the first team group pending resolution of a squad discipline issue.” The club statement read.
The club’s statement follows Ten Hag’s revelation that Sancho had been left out of his squad for the Premier League defeat at Arsenal earlier this month because the winger’s training performances were not up to scratch.
Sancho responded by posting a statement on social media in which he rejected Ten Hag’s claims and felt he was being made a scapegoat.
The news comes in a week where another United forward, Antony, has also stepped away from first-team duties amid domestic abuse allegations made by his former partner.
Sancho and Ten Hag held talks on Monday and the player took down his social media post two days later, which was seen as a positive step.
Football director John Murtough and chief executive Richard Arnold have also been working hard to broker a peace deal between the pair.
However, the fall-out has not been sufficiently resolved for Ten Hag to forgive Sancho, and United have issued a statement saying that the player has been excluded from first-team training.
This is the second time that Sancho has been made to train on his own by Ten Hag after he worked alone for eight weeks over the World Cup last winter to try and overcome physical and mental issues.
