Get the latest United transfer window updates, pre-season news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free There were some puzzled Manchester United fans when it became clear a move for Jadon Sancho was still on the cards this summer.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's interest in the England international had never gone away despite refusing to meet Borussia Dortmund's stubborn valuation of the winger a year ago, but in his absence he moved for two rookie right wingers instead.
Amad and Facundo Pellistri were by no means impulse buys, both have shown their qualities in the United first-team already this calendar year, but neither of them are quite at the level which Sancho currently operates.
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