Before the summer, Manchester United is allegedly considering making a move to hire Dougie Freedman from Crystal Palace as their new head of recruitment.

According to The Independent, the Red Devils intend to quickly assume control of their recruitment department by snatching up the sporting director from their Premier League opponents.

They are eager to bring Freedman in as quickly as possible in the interim as they wait for Dan Ashworth, their potential technical director, to finish his gardening leave before he formally joins from Newcastle United.

Ashworth, Dan (English)
The club is supposedly about to hold talks over the transfer of one of their forwards, so if they sign the Palace figure, he could have a significant transaction to oversee almost instantaneously.

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At the conclusion of Jadon Sancho’s loan stint with Borussia Dortmund this summer, HITC reports that the Red Devils hope to cash in on the player permanently. After the England international and manager Erik ten Hag had a falling out, the article indicates that all parties feel that the wisest course of action is for the player to go permanently at the end of current season.

According to them, Dortmund would be interested in taking him on another loan with the option to make it permanent in the summer of 2025, thus they plan to retain him in Germany for the 2024–2025 season and possibly beyond.

Manchester United’s Jadon Sanchez
One potential snag in negotiations is United’s desire for either a sale this year or an obligation to buy at the conclusion of any loan arrangement. According to HITC, in the upcoming weeks, the two clubs will conduct talks to talk about the former Manchester City starlet’s future once his current loan expires.

Earlier this season, ten Hag labelled the £275k-per-week exile as “not important” because of his unavailability following a conflict with the manager that resulted in his return to Dortmund.

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Sancho returned to the German powerhouses in the January transfer window, but over the past several months, he hasn’t yet found his best form in comfortable surroundings. Before moving to Old Trafford, the 23-year-old wizard scored eight goals and dished out eleven assists in 24 Bundesliga appearances for Dortmund in the 2020–21 season—an average of one goal or an assist every 1.26 starts.

2023–2024 Bundesliga

Jadon Sancho

Looks

Seven

begins

Five

Objectives

None at all

Huge opportunities lost

Three

Helps

One

Large opportunities generated

One

Statistics sourced from Sofascore

The above table shows that in five starts in the German top division, the United flop has contributed one goal. In front of goal, he has also been inefficient, missing three “big chances” and scoring none. This lacklustre performance follows the Red Devils’ opening three Premier League games of the season, when they registered 0 goals and 0 assists.

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Ten Hag is unlikely to regret his course of action based on his current numbers for the German team. Since the teenage winger doesn’t seem ready to contribute to the Premier League anytime soon, his play may actually make it simpler for United to approve his leave.