When Michael Zorc said on August 10 that the decision on Sancho staying was final, one alarmed #MUFC director made a call to check whether the statement was genuine. The response was along the lines of, “What did you expect? You knew the terms.” [The Athletic] #BVB

Hans-Joachim Watzke is said to have personally phoned United at the start of the summer and explained very clearly how much the deal would cost and when it needed to be done by. Sancho was prepared to join United but not desperate to move this summer. [The Athletic] #BVB

There was a sense at the Westfalenstadion that United did not take Dortmund’s demands seriously or were acting without full intentions to actually complete the signing. [The Athletic] #BVB

Sancho himself is believed to have felt undervalued by the offers and even if United had placed the right bid late on, it is understood he would have questioned why it did not come earlier. [The Athletic] #BVB