What Ruben Amorim to Man United means for Jadon Sancho with return clause and Erik ten Hag impact

Realistically, the relationship was all but over anyway. As it happens, Erik ten Hag's sacking at Manchester United ends any vague ties he had with Jadon Sancho before awkward conversations might have had to happen.

In five games at Chelsea, he has equalled his assists tally under Ten Hag. Enzo Maresca has done this in quick time, getting a burst of life from Sancho that truly nobody really did at Old Trafford.

Ole Gunnar Solsjkaer didn't see Sancho score or assist in 14 matches before he was sacked. Michael Carrick was interim head coach briefly for three games, of which Sancho scored in two, whilst Ralf Ragnick's 14-match disaster ended with six contributions split between goals and assists, again.

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For Ten Hag, things just never really gelled. Time was certainly given to Sancho, mainly at the start, before a break due to mental health struggles saw him slip down the pecking order. Upon the return of Sancho it looked like he had been advised well. Two goals in three starts before things tailed off.

The odd spark here and there threatened a potential U-turn in form but it wasn't to be. Not signed for Ten Hag, and with alternate attackers sought widely to revamp the frontline, Sancho was out of the thinking.

Discipline on and off the field strained the relationship as authoritarian Ten Hag clashed with the more laid-back approach of Sancho. When the pair literally went up against each other it was with the tune of £72million playing in the background.

Ten Hag called Sancho out, he retaliated publicly, and neither man backed down. Sancho's last game for