Man Utd squad push for Jack Grealish signing over Jadon Sancho
By Tom Gott
Some in the Manchester United dressing room are pushing to see the club sign Aston Villa playmaker Jack Grealish, but manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is set to continue his pursuit of Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho instead.
Grealish was high on United's wish list last summer but was priced out of a move by Villa, who were asking for the best part of £100m to part ways with their talisman.
That fee is now likely to have dropped slightly, and according to The Telegraph, some at United hope to see the club take advantage of that by striking a deal for Grealish this summer.
It's thought that Grealish, who has played alongside many United stars on England duty, would be available for around the £75m mark, but Solskjaer would prefer to use that money to sign Sancho instead.
As 90min revealed earlier in May, Solskjaer has made the 21-year-old his top priority for the summer and hopes to get a £75m deal done before the European Championships get underway to prevent a repeat of their embarrasing pursuit last summer.
Last year, United were adamant that they could get a deal done for Sancho and ignored all Dortmund's warnings about deadlines and fees, only to be left scrambling at the last minute upon realising that the German side weren't messing about.
Solskjaer hopes to right that wrong this summer, and although nobody at United would be against signing Sancho, it appears as though there are some in the dressing room who would prefer Grealish to be the one arriving at Old Trafford.
Grealish, who racked up six goals and 12 assists last season, is also on the radar of Manchester City but now seems too expensive for a side hell-bent on convincing Tottenham to part ways with £150m-rated Harry Kane.
One thing Solskjaer will be considering is the position of the two players. Grealish is a 10 who is also comfortable on the left wing, but the boss wants to bolster on the right, where Sancho does his best work.
The Dortmund man managed eight goals and 13 assists in the same number of league games as Grealish last year, helping to fire his club to a spot in the Champions League.