Jadon Sancho's swipe at Manchester United "reeks of toxicity" after the Chelsea loanee applauded Marcus Rashford for leaving. Rashford hadn't played for nearly two months until he took to the field on Sunday evening for his new team. The forward wasn't part of Ruben Amorim's plans and had been out in the cold for weeks before securing a move away from Old Trafford recently. He posted on social media to thank his new fans for his reception, before Sancho came in with a one-word comment that simply said: "freedom".
Sancho is on loan at Chelsea, but technically still on the books in Manchester, yet his bad feeling towards the Red Devils was very evident. He, like Rashford, spent a prolonged period outside the first-team environment but Ben Foster admits his willingness to speak publicly is a terrible reflection on his former club. The goalkeeper said on his podcast, Ben Foster - The Cycling GK : "What is he doing? That's ridiculous because he is still actually employed by Manchester United, so is Marcus Rashford. It just reeks of toxicity at United. It reeks of an unhappy place to be, that everybody's buzzing for someone to get out [of the club].".
Sancho himself angered former manager Erik ten Hag, when he publicly responded to his comments on social media. That saw him shunned for months before he was able to secure a brief loan stint away with Borussia Dortmund. He returned in the summer and it was claimed that he and Ten Hag had put their differences aside as he was involved in pre-season. Sancho however was able to secure a move to Chelsea, where he will eventually stay on a permanent basis, having been unable to deliver in Manchester.
Rashford himself was dropped for the Manchester derby in December and never returned to the fold. His attitude had been called out in the past and Amorim himself wasn't shy in speaking openly about why he was happy to overlook Rashford despite his talent. I couldn´t put Marcus to see the way you´re supposed to play football and to train the way I see it,” Amorim said last week. “And sometimes you have one player that is really good with one coach, and the same player with another coach is different.".
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