straight to your inbox While most of the football world is gripped by the future of Lionel Messi and his attempts to leave Barcelona, it is a different name that remains on the lips of those connected with Manchester United and the club's fans.
At least Messi-gate has provided something of a distraction from the interminable pursuit of Borussia Dortmund winger Jadon Sancho.
United made the 20-year-old their top target this summer a long time ago but so far progress on concluding a deal has been slow.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side return to pre-season training on Wednesday but yesterday Sancho was playing for Dortmund against Paderborn in a pre-season friendly.The Bundesliga side's artificial deadline of August 10 for a deal came and went and.
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