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Rio Ferdinand believes Erik ten Hag has \u2019embarrassed\u2019 Jadon Sancho and has questioned whether the Manchester United manager understood the risk in publicly criticising the winger.<\/p>\n
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Sancho is currently training away from the first team after he hit back at Ten Hag\u2019s criticism of his training levels<\/p>\n
Ten Hag opted to make his unhappiness with Sancho known after United\u2019s 3-1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium when the winger did not even travel with the squad to north London.<\/p>\n
It remains unclear when Sancho, who went on to delete his response to Ten Hag, will return to first-team training and Ferdinand is concerned there is now no way back for the 23-year-old, who joined United in a \u00a373 million deal from Borussia Dortmund in 2021.<\/p>\n
\u2018To be thrown out of the squad, what\u2019s gone on? Is it a personal thing between the manager and player? Or is he genuinely not training the way he wants him to train?\u2019 Ferdinand said on Vibe with Five.<\/p>\n
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\u2018He\u2019s exhausted every avenue to try to get the best out of Jadon Sancho. I think Jadon would say and agree he hasn\u2019t lived up to the hype yet and the fee.<\/p>\n
\u2018The manager has gone, \u2018this is my last chance\u2019, I can\u2019t get anything else out of him so I\u2019ll make it public and see if that public embarrassment and his pride gets pressed enough where he goes, \u2018I\u2019m not having this\u2019, and, \u2018I\u2019m coming back with a performance\u2019.<\/p>\n
\u2018He did it to Rashford. He was the talisman at the time, he was where we were getting all of our goal, he was on fire, at the top of his game, and the manager said for being late, which a lot of people would say, \u2018oh, it\u2019s only a meeting\u2019, get on the bench. In terms of ego and pride and then more pressure, you\u2019re thinking, \u2018hold on a minute, I\u2019m the man here\u2019. The noise would\u2019ve been so loud after that game [if United lost], it worked out for him.<\/p>\n
\u2018I just think there have been players asked questions publicly or subliminally \u2013 Wan-Bissaka, for instance, he\u2019s come back from almost the dead \u2013 I think the manager going public with Jadon was a big call and I think did the manager understand the risk with that?\u2019<\/p>\n