Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos have an easy decision over Jadon Sancho's Manchester United future

Jadon Sancho's trangressions at Manchester United were minor, all things considered.

His September spat with Erik ten Hag now seems like a distant memory, a small footnote amid a season of mayhem at United. Plenty of water has passed under the bridge since.

A quick precis: the manager believed Sancho hadn't trained well and left him out of a matchday squad; the player disagreed and voiced his discontent in public. The rest, as they say is history.

Yet with Sancho now providing United with a timely reminder of his abilities on loan at Borussia Dortmund, helping them reach the Champions League semi-finals, is it time for a reconsideration of this wholly avoidable situation?

You suspect that as long as Ten Hag is in the manager's chair, Sancho's spell in the wilderness will continue. There is undoubtedly bad blood between the pair – which was why the player was jettisoned in the January window on loan back to his former club, Dortmund. Under the Dutchman, there is no way back.

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But with Ten Hag's position coming increasingly under scrutiny, as Sir Jim Ratcliffe and Ineos Sport undertake a full-scale review of United's footballing operations, there could be light at the end of the tunnel for Sancho – should he want to return.

It shouldn't be fanciful to suggest Sancho deserves a second chance at United regardless of who the manager is. Recent reports claim the player, who is still only 24, is open to the idea of starting again at Old Trafford.

A new manager would surely be malleable to the notion of including Sancho in their squad.

The new era under Ratcliffe is an