Sancho Dortmund, Choupo-Moting Man Utd and more

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Let’s start by discussing Jadon Sancho, who is close to leaving Manchester United. This is something already decided some months ago after his relationship with the club was broken, with Erik ten Hag and the whole coaching staff.

After initial interest from Juventus, talks are now ongoing between Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United for Sancho. He could return to his former club on loan – they can’t make it permanent. Dortmund have to find a way to make a loan deal work, and so the clubs are discussing the details of the deal, such as loan fee and salary coverage. These are being discussed right now – talks are taking place about these two points, and Dortmund can only cover a part of his salary and not 100% from what I’m told.

An important point is that Sancho has already given the green light to Dortmund. He’s said yes to the Bundesliga giants as he thinks returning there could be the best move for him for the next six months, for him to finally be in an environment where he can give his best. Sancho has already said yes to the move after positive conversations with different people at Dortmund – he wants to return, and so the clubs are now discussing the loan deal.

As previously reported, Juventus were interested in Sancho as well, but in the end they were not open to paying that kind of money for a player who’s leaving the club in five months. Let’s see if they look for alternatives in that position.

Sancho’s loan back to Dortmund could happen soon because conversations are ongoing and Dortmund want Sancho as soon as possible – they want to be fast and sign him now, not at the end of the month. They also want to sign a new left-back as soon as possible. And keep an eye on the future of Dortmund striker Donyell Malen, because I’m told he could leave this January, and it could be part of the domino effect of the Sancho deal.

With the left-back position, Dortmund are interested in Sergio Reguilon and Ian Maatsen. These are the players on their list, and of course we now know that Reguilon has left Manchester United to return to Tottenham. United informed the player and Tottenham that they activated the break clause in his loan deal. United feel they are…