Jadon Sancho may have accidentally caused the parent team MU to lose a place in next season’s Champions League after an excellent performance in the Borussia Dortmund shirt. Sancho is currently on loan at Dortmund from the Red Devils on a contract until the end of the season, after a public conflict with coach Erik ten Hag. That conflict prevented the English winger from playing and even training with United’s first team for 6 months, from September to January, before returning to play for his old club.

It took the 23-year-old a few matches to regain his form, but he is starting to show the convincing form that made MU spend £73 million to bring him back from Dortmund in 2021. After a 1-1 draw against PSV in the first leg of the Champions League round of 16, Sancho gave Dortmund the lead in the second leg at Signal Iduna Park early this morning, March 14, thereby opening up the final victory. for Bundesliga representatives. Dortmund has reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League for the first time since the 2020/21 season.

Sancho’s contribution certainly played an important role in that achievement, and could cost MU at the end of the season. Erik ten Hag’s team still aims to reach the top 5 of the Premier League, a position that may be enough to qualify for the Champions League next season. They are currently in sixth place. Under the current format, only four teams in the Premier League can qualify for Europe’s top competition. But as the new format increases the number of teams from 32 to 36 next season, two more teams could qualify based on their country’s coefficients.

To put it more simply, the two countries whose domestic clubs have the best collective performance in the European Cup this season will win an additional spot. England is in a weak position in that regard, as Newcastle and MU were eliminated from the Champions League due to finishing bottom in December. They are currently ranked 3rd on the season coefficient rankings, behind Italy and Germany.

Therefore, Sancho’s shining performance in the Dortmund shirt has contributed to consolidating Germany’s second place, and at the present time, they are 0.625 points ahead of England. Therefore, in parallel with their efforts to win the final fifth place in the Premier League, the Red Devils need to rely on fellow teams Man City, Liverpool and Arsenal to do well in the European cups to help England win. second place again.