Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane has given his thoughts on the situation surrounding Jadon Sancho and Erik Ten Hag.

He said that if he was in Sancho’s position, he would be ’embarrassed’ and ‘ashamed’ – but he also believes it could be ameliorated ‘very quickly’ if the proper steps are taken to solve the problem.

What did Roy Keane say regarding the situation with Jadon Sancho?

Speaking on The Overlap’s official YouTube channel, Keane said: “I’d be embarrassed, I’d be ashamed of my life if the manager ever came up to me, or even spoke through the media. People say you can’t say stuff about the players through the media, yes you can, you can send messages out to people.”

“If you have got questions marks over this player, he is not training properly and he does turn around and show some sort of humility and says maybe I got it wrong, you can move on very quickly.

“We’ve been in dressing rooms where players have come in and said: ‘Sorry lads, I have made a mistake’ and it is forgotten about very quickly. Football dressing rooms are a strange dynamic. If a player shows they care and they are human, it’s fine, we move on quickly.”

Should Manchester United cut Jadon Sancho loose?

The dilemma surrounding Sancho, Ten Hag and Manchester United as a whole is swiftly becoming untenable – it seems the relationship between the two parties has reached a point of irretrievability.

While there is a chance it could be salvaged, it is becoming increasingly unlikely – especially when you consider that Ten Hag and Sancho are not currently in communication with each other.

Truthfully, Sancho has never really been a good fit for United – or the Premier League as a whole. He is better suited to a slower pace, as he does not possess the explosive quickness of top wingers in England such as Kaoru Mitoma, Marcus Rashford and Mohamed Salah.

A move abroad – perhaps to a team in La Liga or Ligue 1 – would probably be the best move that Sancho could make at this stage in his career.