Manchester United outcast Jadon Sancho banished from first-team training

Out-of-favour winger Jadon Sancho will train away from the rest of the Manchester United first-team squad, the Premier League club has announced.

The news comes in the aftermath of the England international's complaints over his treatment by manager Erik ten Hag on social media.

Sancho said in a pinned post that he had been made a “scapegoat” by the Dutch coach, who had dropped him from the match-day squad for their 3-1 defeat by Arsenal.

United said in their statement that the matter is now being treated as a disciplinary issue.

“Jadon Sancho will remain on a personal training programme away from the first-team group, pending resolution of a squad discipline issue," the club said on Thursday night.

Sancho had wasted little time in issuing a response following Ten Hag's revelatory comments in his post-match interviews at the Emirates Stadium.

Ten Hag said the 23-year-old had been left out for his poor level in training.

“Jadon, on his performances in training we did not select him,” the Dutchman said. “You have to reach a level every day at Manchester United and we can make choices in the front line. So for this game he was not selected.”

Sancho responded later that day with a statement on X, formerly Twitter. He wrote: “Please don’t believe everything you read! I will not allow people saying things that is completely untrue, I have conducted myself in training very well this week.

“I believe there are other reasons for this matter that I won’t go into, I’ve been a scapegoat for a long time which isn’t fair!”

The post has now been deleted. United, minus Sancho, host Brighton on Saturday.

One player who might be involved, however, is defender Harry Maguire who continues to find himself in the eye of a media storm.