Arsene Wenger has admitted that he tried to sign Jadon Sancho when he was Arsenal manager.
The Frenchman was doing punditry work on Borussia Dortmund’s game against Tottenham last night when he said:
“I wanted to take him from Man City when he didn’t get the games. I tried to lure him because he’s from London. I tried to get him to Arsenal. He’s one of the best players of his generation.”
Fans on Twitter were frustrated that Wenger didn’t work harder to get Sancho to make the switch to the Emirates:
Another one added to the list
— 419KM??? (@khodaniM19) 14 February 2019
Wenger the worlds worst fisherman, only god knows what bait he was using when he tried to lure all these players to arsenal #pocketfisherman
— Sharpshooter (@lsharp2) 14 February 2019
Didn’t do a very good job did he
— MB (@MickMadrid) 14 February 2019
Tried to lure lots of top players and there’s only a few I can recall that we actually signed overmars and sol,the rest like Henry,pires,vieira were all gambles at the time
— dean young (@deanoyoung81) 14 February 2019
Another 1 to the list. Next he’s gone say I could’ve signed Pele ???
— GonnerNick (@NickVann1987_) 14 February 2019
Here we go again…
“Nearly FC” would have been deadly lols
— Mr Sigma (@emmy_007) 14 February 2019
Tried to bring in sancho instead ends up with Welbeck, Xhaka and Mustafi ?
— Mohammed (@MohammedAsaria1) 14 February 2019
Haha another player we “could of had “ ?????
— Skinz (@Skinz_14) 14 February 2019
When have we heard this before?
— paul reid (@paulrei57876159) 14 February 2019
Another name to the "almost signed " list ?
— ? ? ? ? ? ? ⚡ (@erumu10) 14 February 2019
Sancho has been in superb form for Dortmund this campaign having scored eight goals and provided 13 assists in 29 appearances.
The 18-year-old moved to the Bundesliga club from Manchester City for £8m in July 2017 and has established himself as a first-team regular.
Sancho made his senior international debut for England back in October, making his first appearance in a UEFA Nations League match against Croatia.
The winger made his first start for his country in the 3-0 win over the USA in a friendly match back in November. He was credited with an assist for Trent Alexander-Arnold’s goal.
