Ole Gunnar Solskjaer comment explains why Jadon Sancho has always been doomed at Manchester United

The odds are stacked against Manchester United when they travel to face Bayern Munich tonight. They've been stacked against Jadon Sancho since he joined the club as well.

Erik ten Hag will be without 12 players for the Champions League opener in Germany on Wednesday night, nine of who are down to injury. Elsewhere, Antony has taken a leave of absence amid allegations of domestic assault; Donny van de Beek has not been registered in the European squad; and Sancho is not currently under consideration for selection pending the outcome of his disciplinary issue for his social media post suggesting Ten Hag was lying with his comments for leaving Sancho out of the squad at Arsenal.

The truth is United have themselves been living a lie with Sancho ever since he joined the club just over two years ago. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reiterated his hopes for his signing this week, outlining that the 23-year-old had been identified by United scouts as their top target for the right wing position. United reignited a move for Sancho a year after they had made him their top target and paraded it as a significant victory when they managed to sign him for just £72.9 million when Borussia Dortmund had initially demanded £108 million.

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Yet, despite having an extra year to dig deeper into how Sancho would fit in at his prospective new club, scouts failed to pick up on the fact he was not actually playing on the right wing for Dortmund that much. It is true that the general consensus agreed he was a right winger by trade, but during his last season in Germany he actually started more matches on the left and had a better attacking output