Jadon Sancho is working to overcome “physical and mental” issues before returning to the Manchester United team, according to manager Erik ten Hag.
Sancho has not featured since October and missed United’s training camp in Spain during the World Cup, instead travelling to the Netherlands to take part in an individual training programme.
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The 22-year-old has now come back to Manchester but Ten Hag says the England winger is not fit enough to return to action, while also suggesting the problem is more than just a physical one.
“In this moment he is not fit enough,” Ten Hag told a news conference on Thursday.
“It’s physical, but physical is also the connection with mental. But I think he is now making good progress on the physical part and that will help him. I hope he can return quickly but I can’t say a duration of how long it will be.”
