Ruben Amorim already has enough headaches at Manchester United as it is but he could be about to face another one as one loanee is the worst in this league in an insane stat.
The loan market for Man Utd has generally been pretty kind this season. Marcus Rashford shone at Aston Villa, and should earn a permanent move either there or elsewhere.
Antony’s Real Betis loan surpassed the wildest expectations, while Tyrell Malacia has impressed in spurts at PSV as well.
Even at the academy level, where it’s a mixed bag, Radek Vitek’s success at BW Linz or Ethan Ennis at Doncaster has seen glory this season.
However, one Man Utd loanee is setting the (low) standards, confirming his place as the worst in the league with a remarkable 0.0% rate in key metrics.
Jadon Sancho and the 0.0% story
Of all the loans by Man Utd this season, Jadon Sancho is not someone they would have expected to follow closely after negotiating a mandatory buy option in this deal.
Man Utd fans were revelling in Sancho’s misery at Chelsea, and the player didn’t make things easy for himself by firing petty digs at Man Utd.
He’s mainly impressed in the Conference League, where the standard of competition is not the highest, and his struggles in the Premier League are well-known by this point.
Even still, the 0.0% story of Sancho is startling, as WhoScored has dug up some data that paints a truly insane picture of the player’s form this season.
Of all the players to attempt at least 20 crosses in the league this season, Sancho’s cross-completion accuracy is the worst.
Not just the worst, he’s yet to complete a single one, standing at the bottom with a rate of 0.0%. Below him are Abdoulaye Doucoure, who’s not a winger, and Matt Doherty, who’s a full-back.
While United would generally have a cheeky grin on their faces upon seeing this, the fact that he could unexpectedly become Ruben Amorim’s headache at Old Trafford is sure to worry them.
Sancho could become Ruben Amorim’s headache
For a Man Utd manager who’s trying to reset the dressing room culture and engineer a large-scale clearout, seeing a relic of bad times is not the best way to start off the summer.
That’s the prospect facing Man Utd after Chelsea explored options of returning Sancho to the club, even at the cost of paying a fee.
Somehow, Sancho has been so bad that Chelsea would rather pay not to keep him, instead of exercising their mandatory buy clause.
That has never been done before in elite European football and it’s an indictment on Sancho that Man Utd getting £5 million plus a player is a bad deal for them.
Nobody should show this 0.0% stat to Chelsea!
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