Jadon Sancho finally set to complete €4m loan transfer to Borussia Dortmund after mysterious delay - but Man Utd refuse to include buy option in final deal

The 23-year-old will seek to revive his career in familiar surroundings in Germany after he was frozen out of the first team at Old Trafford following a public spat with manager Erik ten Hag. Sancho has been training at Carrington away from the United first team since August, as a punishment for criticising Ten Hag on social media, with the manager unwilling to reintegrate the winger until he receives a formal apology.

Sancho has been offered an escape route by his former employers and will finally fly to Spain, where the Black and Yellows are holding a winter training camp, to complete a medical and sign his his loan contract, according to Fabrizio Romano.

He was supposed to land in Marbella a couple of days earlier, but the flight was mysteriously grounded as the two teams were still ironing out the finer details of the deal. Surprisingly, there is no buy option in the loan agreement, which means that Sancho will return to Manchester in the summer.

The Red Devils will reportedly continue to pay a third of Sancho's nearly £300,000 ($381,000)-a-week salary to push him out on loan. Although the payment structure does not entirely suit United, they are happy to ship Sancho out given he is no longer considered a key player under Ten Hag.

Sancho will look to hit the restart button as quickly as possible as he gets back to his former stomping ground, with many fond memories at Signal Iduna Park. He boasts an impressive tally of 114 goal contributions in 137 appearances with Dortmund, and will be eager to reproduce that impressive form in his second coming.