'He knows' - Dortmund boss makes Jadon Sancho admission and reveals plan for Man United loanee

Borussia Dortmund head coach Edin Terzić insists Jadon Sancho is aware that he must improve his individual performance levels after an underwhelming showing in Tuesday night's 1-1 draw with PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League.

The Manchester United winger, who rejoined Dortmund on loan last month, started the first leg of the last 16 stalemate, making his first Champions League appearance of the season. He was substituted after 68 minutes and replaced by Marius Wolf.

Sancho, who will turn 24 next month, returned to Dortmund with the ambition of getting his career back on track after being frozen-out by Erik ten Hag at Old Trafford. The winger was banished from all first-team activity after accusing the Dutchman of lying about his performance levels in training back in September.

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However, since returning to Germany, Sancho has struggled to make the impact he would have liked, registering just two assists in six matches in all competitions. As a caveat, he is still working his way back to match sharpness after several months without playing.

Nevertheless, Dortmund chief Terzić is confident the United loanee understands that he needs to do more to get back to his very best.

"With Jadon it is always good to have him around, inside the team, inside the group and also inside the squad on a matchday, because Jadon is capable of making special things happen," Terzic told TNT Sports after the draw with PSV. "He didn't have his best performance today, like us all, and he knows that he is able to play better football than today.

"This is what we are