"There are not many players who can jog around the pitch and control the game, but, when he was here before, we won trophies with him, when he was fit.
The man known as the 'Special One' stressed that United does not have the structure in place to cope with the demands of modern football with player power now heavily influencing the game.
Sancho's future with United has been thrown into the air after a public spat with manager Erik ten Hag. After being left out of the squad to play Arsenal before the international break, Sancho was criticised by the Dutchman.
I've got home and thrown it against a wall. "I had a back injury. I went to Germany for the treatment. Two days later I played, my back hurt again, I had a terrible game.
Referee who handled the game immediately ordered for ambulance to enter the pitch, but the situation was beyond him being taken to the hospital with the vehicle.
"The day that this is football, I'm not in a job anymore, because the game is about playing together," Klopp said at the time. "Other clubs can go out and spend more money and collect top players. I want to do it differently.
The support of my amazing family, my fans most especially my Nigerian supporters and the love for the beautiful gameof football motivates me to aim higher daily.
This should give the Chelsea attackers the leverage to go one better with goals in the next couple of games in order to pick the three points as Mendy stopped all the dart that was thrown at him in goal by the Red Devils.
Despite a reasonable start with a 3-0 win over Vietnam, the USA looked laboured throughout the group stage and criticisms have been thrown at coach Vlatko Andonovski about his team selection and in-game management since the tournament began.
Scott McTominayScott McTominay's future at United is already in doubt after a lack ofgame time under Ten Hag saw him linked with moves to West Ham and Fulham in the summer, though those did not come to fruition and he remains at the club.
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Even worse, a good number of these 12 new signings were thrown directly into the line of fire with little to no time to adapt to their new surroundings under a coach who himself was still adapting.