Fabrizio Romano reported yesterday that Jadon Sancho WILL be a Chelsea player once his year long loan from Manchester United has expired. Chelsea still believe in the player and believe he is the right player for their project, despite his recent drop in form.
🚨 Despite criticism around his recent performances, Chelsea are very happy with Sancho and they are protecting the player and their investment. Sancho will be Chelsea player it’s guaranteed, final price will be £22m-£25m based on league position. (@FabrizioRomano) #CFC pic.twitter.com/E8GLoP1zDl
— Pys (@CFCPys) February 11, 2025
Chelsea will cash in on a bargain of a price tag for a winger of Sancho's quality in today's transfer market. Just this past summer, Manchester United was shopping around the Englishman, offering him for just £40m to their crosstown rivals Manchester City. Due to Sancho's high wages and instability in recent years, United was unable to find a seller. Soon after, Chelsea swooped in and secured the loan deal with an obligation to buy that he is currently on.
The Daily Mail recently reported that Jadon Sancho's massive £250k per week salary was heavily covered by Chelsea while United was only covering about £50k of the wage. Sports broadcaster and Senior Football Correspondent for GiveMeSport Ben Jacobs responded by reporting that Sancho actually took a significant pay cut to be at Chelsea, and that the wage was "roughly split between the clubs".
After starting his loan spell red hot for the Chels, Sancho's performances have taken a dip with just 1 G/A in his last nine appearances. Sancho's cold spell has not gone unnoticed, as fans are starting to pick up on his inconsistency in an already underperforming group of attackers besides fellow Manchester City academy graduate Cole Palmer. After a fallout headlined by claims about his poor effort and attitude in training from former United manager Erik Ten Hag, this is definitely a situation that fans have seen before.
Although Chelsea's transfer market business may seem bizarre and eratic, you cannot knock them for executing their model and sticking to their plan, even when they are clearly not making the correct decision. What makes Sancho so valuable in Chelsea's eyes is the price tag that comes with him.
Sancho's £25m fee will most likely be a great ROI and could even be sold as soon as this summer. If Sancho picks his form back up and finishes the last 14 games strong, Chelsea could easily be fielding bids for close to double what they paid for him.
While this seems like a can't lose deal for Chelsea, it may not all be that simple. Sancho's inconsistent form has been very, well, consistent. His streaky runs of production do not offer a consistent offensive threat that a player of his caliber is expected to produce game in and game out.
Sancho has the capability to be a brilliant player, especially under Enzo Maresca. His 1v1 ability should see him thrive in his position out wide in a system he has played in before in the city he grew up in. But as has been said before, it is only up to Sancho himself.