英国媒体报道，曼联即将以 7300 万英镑的价格从多特蒙德签下21岁的英格兰国家队年轻球员桑乔！

到目前为止，贾登·桑乔在 2020 年欧洲杯上，担任替补角色，感觉达不到国家队主力阵容，英格兰主帅加雷斯·索斯盖特（Gareth Southgate）在比赛时，总是选择了其他进攻球员。

既然一个给人感觉，无法打上国家队主力的球员，曼联为何从去年追到今年，愿意拿出7300万的转会费，还给了队内第二高薪35万英镑每周？难道曼联钱多多？难道曼联傻了？非也非也！听我说来！

虽然在国家队无法成为主力。但曼联签下他没有任何犹豫。曼联去年夏天就试图签下多特蒙德边锋，无奈价格太高，达到1.02亿英镑，现在大黄蜂同意以 7300 万英镑的价格将他卖到老特拉福德。毕竟大黄蜂就是来卖人的！

也许球迷说，曼联在其他位置有更紧迫的需求。许多球迷可能更希望引进新的中后卫来搭档哈里·马奎尔。但是近年来桑乔已经成为世界上最令人兴奋的年轻球员之一，很容易理解为什么曼联如此决心最终得到他们的人。

Dharmesh Sheth 解释了为什么曼联愿意以 7300 万英镑买他！

桑乔的状态在上赛季初有所下降，因为他在经历了 1298 分钟的德甲比赛后没有进球。围绕他未来的激烈猜测。

直到赛季下半段，他才再次表现出色。但这位 21 岁的英国球员在德国球队的整体战绩，反映了他在多特蒙德取得突破后非凡的稳定性。

事实上，桑乔上赛季仍然在德甲联赛中贡献了 8 个进球和 11 次助攻，自 2018/19 赛季开始以来，他总共贡献了 78 个进球，这使他跻身欧洲主要联赛的前 10 名球员之列。

桑乔在这份名单中名列前茅，而且他与上赛季英超联赛最佳射手和创造者、托特纳姆热刺的哈里凯恩持平，这突显了他的效率。

在过去的三年里，欧洲没有其他 21 岁的球员能与桑乔的输出相提并论，另外值得注意的是，在此期间，进球和助攻排名前十的其他九名球员中有六名年龄在 30 岁或以上。

与他们不同，桑乔甚至还没有接近他的天赋上限，考虑到年龄优势，曼联方面可以确信的是，加上他身边的教练正确的指导，这位边锋已经是世界级的青年才俊，甚至可能媲美当初葡萄牙罗尔纳多，他们相信他会更好成为未来的巨星！

考虑到俱乐部已经有格林伍德了，放在他因此对桑乔的追求让一些旁观者感到困惑。

格林伍德在才19 岁，比桑乔小两岁，上赛季在索尔斯克亚的球队中度过了一个出色的赛季，他在过去的 14 场比赛中打入 8 球，并在所有比赛中出场 52 次。毫无疑问，他在老特拉福德有着光明的未来。

但是，尽管这两名球员在速度、加速度和终结能力方面有相似之处，但桑乔确实具有格林伍德所没有的特性。

最重要的是他的创造力。

桑乔既是一名创造者，又是一名得分手。

上赛季，他的助攻数、创造机会数和创造的机会数均位列德甲前五，而只有拜仁慕尼黑的约书亚·基米希和多特蒙德的队友拉斐尔·格雷罗的数据比他更好。

与桑乔相比，格林伍德的数据在这方面相形见绌，而桑乔过去三个赛季的总助攻记录更令人印象深刻。

值得注意的是，只有拜仁的穆勒和巴塞罗那的梅西在同一个时期的欧洲主要联赛中的助攻数超过了他。桑乔比同期曼城的德布劳内多出七个。

桑乔拥有出色的带球突破能力——他还拥有在最后传球时做出正确决定的沉着和智慧。

穆勒，桑乔在德甲的对手，去年完美地表达了这一点。“他设法用他的技术、他的速度和他的运球创造了危险的局面，”拜仁前锋说。

“德甲中还有其他具有类似素质的球员，但他们没有这种出色的决策能力。”

天空体育专家杰米卡拉格坚持认为，桑乔的多面性可能会扼杀格林伍德在曼联足球比赛中的发展，而这些担忧当然是有道理的。

但也可能有一些方法可以让他们一起共存。事实上，虽然桑乔最喜欢的角色是在右翼，但他能适应前场几乎任何地方。

在多特蒙德的某些比赛中，他甚至被部署在边后卫区域。

这种多面性可能会让索尔斯克亚在不牺牲格林伍德的情况下重新布置他的进攻，而桑乔的比赛风格甚至可能帮助这位少年成为一名中锋。

毕竟，正是在那个位置上，索尔斯克亚认为格林伍德可以上场踢球，而桑乔来到老特拉福德可能意味着下赛季他将与卡瓦尼分享中锋角色。

格林伍德和他的曼联队友马库斯·拉什福德一样，在穿插对方防线后面时是最危险的，谁能比桑乔更能找到这些跑动呢？

桑乔意识和技术出色，统计数据证明了这一点。在过去三个赛季的德甲联赛中，没有球员尝试过更多的传球，而只有基米希和美因茨的让-保罗·博蒂乌斯这两位球员完成了更多的传球。

曼联的高层将会注意到桑乔的传球能力，除了他的许多其他品质之外，如何激活俱乐部已经拥有的进攻球员。他将增加进攻中的位置竞争，但实际上格林伍德可能比任何人都受益更多。

原文：

Manchester United are closing in on a £73m deal to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund; the 21-year-old, currently on England duty at Euro 2020, would add a new dimension to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's attack and could help Mason Greenwood shine

Jadon Sancho has had to settle for a peripheral role at Euro 2020 so far, with England manager Gareth Southgate opting for other players in the attacking positions on their run to the last eight.

But his quiet tournament is no deterrent to Manchester United, who tried to sign the Borussia Dortmund winger last summer and have now agreed a deal in principle in the region of £73m to take him to Old Trafford.

It could be argued that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side have more pressing needs in other areas. Many fans might prefer a new central defender to partner Harry Maguire. But Sancho has emerged as one of the world's most exciting young players in recent years and it is easy to understand why United are so determined to finally get their man.

Dharmesh Sheth explains why both Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund will 'claim victory' in the proposed £73m deal for Jadon Sancho

Sancho's form dipped at the start of last season as he endured a 1,298-minute run without scoring in the Bundesliga following a summer of intense speculation surrounding his future.

It wasn't until the second half of the campaign that he hit his stride again but the 21-year-old's overall record in Germany reflects his extraordinary consistency since his Dortmund breakthrough.

Indeed, Sancho still managed to finish last season having contributed eight goals and 11 assists in the Bundesliga and his combined total of 78 since the start of the 2018/19 campaign places him among the top 10 players across Europe's major leagues.

Sancho is in illustrious company in that list and the fact he is level with Tottenham's Harry Kane, the Premier League's top scorer and creator last season, underlines just how effective he has been.

No other 21-year-old in Europe can match Sancho's output over the last three years and it is also worth noting that six of the other nine players in the top 10 for goals and assists in that period are aged 30 or over.

Unlike them, Sancho is not even close to his prime in terms of age and Manchester United can be confident that, with the right guidance from the coaches around him, this already world-class talent will become even better in the years to come

Manchester United's pursuit of Sancho has puzzled some onlookers given the club already have Mason Greenwood in his favoured position on the right-hand side of their attack.

Greenwood, two years younger than Sancho at 19, enjoyed an excellent season for Solskjaer's side last term, scoring eight goals in his last 14 games and making 52 appearances in all competitions. He undoubtedly has a big future at Old Trafford.

But while there are similarities between the two players in terms of their speed, acceleration and finishing ability, it is also true that Sancho offers attributes the teenager doesn't.

Most significantly, there is his creativity.

Sancho's goals sometimes distract from the ones he sets up but he is as much a creator as he is a scorer.

Last season, he ranked among the top five players in the Bundesliga for assists, chances created and big chances created, while only Bayern Munich's Joshua Kimmich and Dortmund team-mate Raphael Guerreiro completed more through balls.

Greenwood's numbers pale in comparison to Sancho's in that regard and Sancho's overall record for assists across the last three seasons is even more impressive.

Remarkably, only Bayern's Thomas Muller and Barcelona's Lionel Messi have registered more assists than him in Europe's major leagues in that period. Sancho has racked up seven more than Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne.

Sancho possesses outstanding dribbling ability - another area in which he has an edge on Greenwood - but crucially, he also has the composure and intelligence to make the right decisions when it comes to his final pass.

Muller, his rival in the Bundesliga, articulated it perfectly last year. "He manages to create dangerous situations with his technique, his speed, his dribbling," said the Bayern forward.

"There are other dribblers with similar qualities in the Bundesliga, but they don't have this outstanding decision-making."

The versatility factor

Sky Sports pundit Jamie Carragher insisted Sancho may stifle Greenwood's development on Monday Night Football in May and those concerns are certainly valid ones.

But there may also be ways in which they can work together. Indeed, while Sancho's favoured role is on the right flank, he is comfortable playing just about everywhere across the front line.

In certain games for Borussia Dortmund, he has even been deployed in wing-back areas.

That versatility may allow Solskjaer to reconfigure his attack without sacrificing Greenwood, and Sancho's playing style may even help the teenager thrive as a central striker.



It is in that position, after all, that Solskjaer sees Greenwood playing in the long-term and Sancho's arrival at Old Trafford may mean he shares the role with Edinson Cavani next season.

Greenwood, like his Manchester United team-mate Marcus Rashford, is at his most dangerous when running in behind opposition defences and who better than Sancho to find those runs?

Sancho has the vision and technical quality to see and execute defence-splitting passes and the statistics prove it. In the Bundesliga over the last three seasons, no player has attempted more through balls while only two players, Kimmich and Mainz's Jean-Paul Boetius, have completed more.

The Manchester United hierarchy will have noted how Sancho's passing ability, in addition to his many other qualities, could complement the attacking players the club already have at their disposal. He will increase the competition for places in their attack but Greenwood may in fact stand to benefit more than anyone.