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Chelsea co-owner Todd Boehly unusually 'open dis' his former team player.
In an interview with the Italian newspaper `La Repubblica', Boehly explained why he did not activate the option of English winger Jadon Sancho (Aston Villa) for full recruitment last summer.
Chelsea brought in Sancho from Manchester United on a season-long loan in the summer of 2024. A year later, last summer, it was a mandatory transfer condition to completely spend 20 million pounds (about 37.3 billion won) in the transfer market. If he refused to completely join the team, he had to pay a large penalty of 5 million pounds (about 9.3 billion won).
Owner Boehly decided not to recruit Sancho, who played 31 games in the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2024-2025 season, with three goals and four assists. Sancho, who returned to Manchester United, left for Villa on a re-lease until the end of the season on the 1st. Manchester United have decided to make up 20% of their annual salary by sending Sancho on loan to Villa. This means that Sancho, who was classified as an out-of-power player while risking losses, was in a hurry to dispose of him.
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The Boehly owner said "We agreed to buy for £20 million. However, Sancho missed several training sessions last season. Once, he missed the main game. I chatted with my girlfriend at night and slept only during the day. On two days off, I left for Los Angeles to meet my beloved girlfriend. So we decided to take the penalty instead."
Sancho's work-esque problem has resurfaced with Boehly's remarks.
Earlier, former Leverkusen coach Erik ten Hag took issue with Sancho's walk ceremony several times when he was the head coach of Manchester United. In September 2023, Sancho pointed out that his training attitude was not good. Sancho protested on his personal SNS, refuting Ten Hach's remarks. He described himself as an `unfair scapegoat.' In the end, Sancho, who was excluded from the first team after friction, left on loan to his former team Borussia Dortmund in January 2024.
Ten Hag was replaced in October 2024, after Sancho left for Chelsea, due to poor performance. Sancho, who wore a Manchester United uniform for a huge 73 million pounds (about 136 billion won) in the summer of 2021, played just 83 games for Manchester United in four seasons and scored only 12 goals.
Chelsea left João Felix (Al-Nasr), Sancho and Noni Madueke (Arnall) and recruited Alejandro Garnacho (former Manchester United), Jamie Gittens (former Dortmund), Esteban (former Faumeiras), and Pakundo Buonanote (former Brighton) to change their second-line resources.
Chelsea has been undefeated in three games since the opening of the season, with two wins and one draw (7 points), ranking second only to Liverpool (9 points), the leader who has won all three games.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
