Jadon Sancho is showing signs of the player Manchester United bought from Dortmund

Back in the summer of 2021, Manchester United finally ended a transfer saga that had gone on for well over a year by completing the signing of Jadon Sancho.

The England winger swapped the Bundesliga for the Premier League on the back of two excellent seasons in Germany. In the 2019/20 campaign, Sancho notched an astonishing 17 goals and 16 assists from 32 league games, form that saw him come runner-up in the Golden Boy award.

Even at the youth level in Manchester City's academy, Sancho was a standout player alongside the likes of Phil Foden. Fast forward to this season and the 23-year-old's career looks to have stalled.

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Sancho’s debut Premier League campaign saw him rack up 29 appearances, being named in the starting XI 20 times.

The star of United's mixed campaign last time out was Cristiano Ronaldo, with his unbelievable eye for goal clearly still working in the latter stages of his career. However, just a few months into the current campaign and the Portugal captain was heading for the exit door.

Many have questioned whether the five-time Ballon d'Or winner had a negative impact on his teammates during his time at Old Trafford, with players perhaps more focused on giving him the ball than concentrating on their own games.

The theory has seemingly been proven right by Marcus Rashford, who has flourished in the absence of Ronaldo. However, Sancho’s underwhelming stats of three goals and three assists this season suggest Ronaldo wasn't hindering his game, and it makes you wonder why the youngster has not followed in Rashford's footsteps and kicked on this season.

Of course, there was always bound to be a transitional period as he settled