Erling Haaland sends Jadon Sancho one-word message after Manchester United exit

Manchester City striker Erling Haaland has shown his affection for Borussia Dortmund and Jadon Sancho after Manchester United's winger exited the club on Thursday.

Sancho's time at Old Trafford has been nearing a conclusion since September when the 23-year-old was involved in a public fallout with Erik ten Hag. The incident stemmed from comments the United boss made following the defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium.

When asked why the winger had not featured in the squad that afternoon, Ten Hag pointed out he was unhappy with Sancho's training ground performances. The Englishman took exception to these comments and slammed the United boss on social media claiming he had been used as a 'scapegoat' and insinuated the manager had lied about his displays at Carrington.

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The post was eventually deleted from social media but the damage had already been done. Sancho was not reintegrated into the first-team squad after he failed to apologise to Ten Hag, which ultimately led to the United forward rejoining Dortmund on loan until the end of the campaign. There is no buy clause inserted in the deal, meaning the winger will return to Manchester when his loan deal expires in June.

One man who is happy to see Sancho return to the Bundesliga is Haaland. During his time at Signal Iduna Park, the Norwegian built a strong partnership with Sancho and it would ultimately help him move to the blue side of the city. Responding to Dortmund's post revealing Sancho will be wearing the No.10 shirt, Haaland responded with two 'love eye' emojis and a pray emoji before reposting the photo on his stories with a simple message: "Beautiful."

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