"There was no 'sail swap deal' of the century" Sancho → Chelsea and Sterling → The fate of the two mixed paths, but they still laugh
Aug 31, 2024
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On the 31st (Korean time), the last day of the 2024-2025 summer transfer market, Chelsea's Raheem Sterling (29) and Manchester United's Jadon Sancho (24) did not produce a swap deal for the two 'big fish' of the protest wave.
Chelsea held Sancho in her arms. Sterling is headed to Arsenal, not Manchester United. Fabrizio Romano, an expert on European transfer markets, also chanted "HERE WE GO".
Both are rentals. Chelsea held Sancho in their arms on the condition that a full transfer was included. Sterling, on the other hand, does not have that obligation. Sterling is set to start a new challenge on loan.
The two from England met with a storm. Sterling made a statement when he was excluded from the entry in the opening match of the English Premier League (EPL) against Manchester City on the 19th. Sterling said "Sterling has three years left on his contract with Chelsea. Sterling joined the team two weeks earlier to train. I had a good pre-season under the new coach and built a good relationship with the coach. Sterling has always tried to show Chelsea and their fans the best"I let off the rhyme.
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It's the so-called `statement terrorism.' But the reality was harsher. Chelsea's new head coach, Enzo Maresca, has notified Sterling 'Out of Power'. Sterling was in training at the U-21s (under-21s) if he failed to move in the summer market. However, Chelsea had to pay 325,000 pounds (about 572.45 million won) per week. The contract period is also three more years away.
Sterling was recognized as the best 'crack' in the league, with more than 30 goals in the 2019-2020 season when he was in Manchester City. Since moving to Chelsea for a transfer fee of 50 million pounds (about 88 billion won) in July 2022, he has been evaluated as a 'normal winger'.
Sterling played 81 games in two seasons for Chelsea, scoring just 19 goals. Sterling was a Manchester United fan as a child. However, he prepared an escape through Arsenal's loan, not Manchester United.
Sancho left Manchester United again on loan, not on a swap deal. Manchester United signed Sancho in July 2021. The transfer fee was 73 million pounds (about 128.5 billion won). However, Sancho scored five goals in 38 appearances in his first season for Manchester United.
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His feud with coach Erik ten Hag was the trigger. Coach Ten Haach said he excluded Sancho after his 1-3 defeat by Arsenal in September last year because he failed to perform at the level he needed during training.
Then Sancho exploded. He countered, `I have long been an unfair scapegoat.' It was disciplinary to return. Sancho also refused to apologize. Eventually, he disappeared from Manchester United, and the semi-team that came back together was Dortmund.
Sancho played in his prime at Dortmund. He was also from England and blossomed in Dortmund. In his four seasons with Dortmund, he scored 50 goals in 137 appearances.
Although Sancho did not win the top spot last season, he played an active role in the European Champions League (UCL) and put Dortmund in second place. He scored three goals in 21 appearances in the Bundesliga and UCL.
However, due to financial problems, a full transfer to Dortmund was not completed. There is virtually no place for him at Manchester United in the new season. Italy's Serie A Juventus sought to recruit Sancho, but the transfer did not happen.
In the end, Chelsea took Sancho's hand.
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