Man Utd not meeting Sancho asking price is 'bizarre' says Cross
Manchester United have a new transfer priority heading into the summer transfer window with reports suggesting they have moved on from Jadon Sancho. The 'will he, won't he?' saga surrounding Sancho's potential move to Old Trafford last year went on for several months before both United and Borussia Dortmund stayed exactly where they were to begin with.
Jadon Sancho was Manchester United's No 1 target last summer (Image: GETTY)
As soon as the transfer window closed, it was immediately suggested that United would look to try again the following summer.
But with just a few months until the end of the season, United appear to have turned their attentions to Sancho's team-mate Erling Haaland.
The Norway international is the most in-demand footballer in the world with Europe's elite clubs all vying for his signature.
His agent, Mino Raiola, and father, Alf-Inge Haaland, have already travelled to Spain to hold discussions with Real Madrid and Barcelona and there is an expectation that the pair's next stop will be England.
But Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has already started the media mind games - just as he did with Sancho last summer.
Speaking to SPOX, Watzke suggested that Dortmund will be fighting to keep Haaland at the club this season.
"We do not have a parallel plan," he told SPOX.
"We will discuss this in peace with Erling, his father and his advisor Mino Raiola.
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Hans-Joachim Watzke is giving off mixed signals on Erling Haaland (Image: GETTY)