Out-of-favour Manchester United forward Jadon Sancho has returned to Borussia Dortmund on loan, it was announced on Thursday.
Dortmund’s transfer announcement for Sancho emulated basketball legend Michael Jordan’s infamous “I’m back” press release when he came back from playing in the MLB to rejoin the Chicago Bulls in 1995.
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Sancho signed from Dortmund in a £73 million ($93m) deal in 2021, but hasn’t played for United since August following a public bust-up with manager Erik ten Hag.
The forward has been exiled from the first team squad for more than four months after publicly disputing Ten Hag’s reasoning for dropping him for the 3-1 defeat to Arsenal on Sept. 3.
In a now-deleted post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Sancho said it was “completely untrue” that he was dropped for poor performances in training as Ten Hag claimed.
