Manchester United will never regret the departures of Jadon Sancho and Mason Greenwood

"Jadon Sancho beefed up and working hard. Manchester United must regret selling him," was the headline of an article written by former Chelsea player at the weekend. Sancho has improved since moving during to Stamford Bridge but he couldn't have possibly regressed much more.

It would be wrong to suggest Sancho was at rock bottom in Manchester but the wheels had spectacularly fallen off his career and the only way was up after a spell out of the game.

Sancho's loan move to Borussia Dortmund last January provided him with a lifeline and a route away from United but it was telling they didn't come to the table again in the summer.

Although Dortmund plastered Sancho all over their social media, they weren't prepared to sign him on a permanent deal and it went down to the wire to arrange an exit on deadline day.

Chelsea agreed an eleventh hour deal to sign Sancho on a season-loan loan with an obligation to buy, which felt like the best piece of business United conducted in the entire window. It was imperative that a departure for Sancho was arranged and staff worked late to push it through.

Sancho didn't pull up any trees during his loan with Dortmund and has gradually found his feet again at Chelsea, although he could score 20 goals in the Premier League from now until the remainder of the season and United still wouldn't have any regrets about letting him go.

Everybody knows there is a talented player in Sancho. Everybody saw that when he was a teenager. The problem was the exciting version of Sancho that dazzled after leaving Manchester City for Dortmund never arrived at Old Trafford and his performances for United were abysmal.

Sancho contributed 12 goals and six assists in 83 United appearances and left under a dark