Manchester United know they have Watford wildcard transfer option to solve problem position

It has taken six months for Jadon Sancho to find his feet at Manchester United after regularly dazzling at Borussia Dortmund.

United's £72.9m investment in Sancho in the summer represented quite the bargain considering what the player had achieved in Germany. Sancho scored 50 goals and recorded 64 assists across his 137 games for Dortmund, but it was the manner of his performances that was most exciting. Sancho had firmly established himself as one of Europe's finest young talents.

Although Sancho had played across multiple positions for Dortmund, he was brought to Old Trafford to play on the right-wing. That position had been problematic for United for some time and signing Sancho seemed the obvious long-term answer.

Sancho failed to hit the ground running upon his arrival but that was to be expected. The demands of the Premier League and the Bundesliga are vastly different and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer needs to take responsibility for seemingly having no plan to get the best out of Sancho. Solskjaer had pushed so hard to sign Sancho and that was bizarre. It was indicative of his managerial flaws.

It is also telling that Sancho has improved each week after Ralf Rangnick's interim appointment. There is a confidence about Sancho that was previously absent and United supporters are finally beginning to see the player that stunned the German media.

Sancho has been more inclined to beat his man in recent weeks and his creative qualities have shone through. He should be named United's Player of the Month for February. It's just ironic that his best performances have come down the left channel.

Sancho has thrived on the left-wing and he's now made that position his own. That was almost unthinkable after the first weeks of the