Borussia Dortmund boss Hans-Joachim Watzke says the Bundesliga runners-up have had “no contact” with Manchester United over England winger Jadon Sancho.
According to UK
media reports, Man Utd want to sign the 20-year-old who scored 17 goals and
created the same number of assists last season as Dortmund finished second
behind champions Bayern Munich.
Sancho is valued at
around 120 million euros ($142 million) and Dortmund have said they have yet to
receive an offer for their talented forward who joined in 2017 from Manchester
City’s academy.
“So far, there has
been no contact between Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United in terms of
Sancho,” chief executive Watzke told Munich-based newspaper Sueddeutsche
Zeitung.
“Not even
indirectly or through so-called middlemen.
“There has never
been an offer for Jadon, but there is a certain sum from us as to what should
at least be paid,” Watzke added, referring to the 120 million euros price tag.
“I don’t expect
there to be any problems.
“Jadon has accepted
the situation and is a pleasant, fair bloke.”
Dortmund’s director
of sport Michael Zorc says he plans to have Sancho in the squad for the new
German league season, which kicks off on September 18.
“I expect Jadon to
go to training camp on Monday (at Bad Ragaz, Switzerland) and play with us
for the coming season,” added Zorc.
However, the
transfer window in both Germany and England does not close until October 5, a
date extended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Dortmund need to handle Sancho carefully as both former stars Ousmane Dembele and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang forced transfers to Barcelona in 2017 and Arsenal in 2018 respectively by effectively going on strike.