“It Turns My Stomach” – Roy Keane Blasts Jadon Sancho’s Lateness to Training at Manchester United

Jadon Sancho‘s plight as a Manchester United player is the last any soccer star would want to encounter. Citing Sancho’s lackluster showings in training sessions, United boss Erik ten Hag kept Sancho from the team’s roster, giving way to a feud and a subsequent exile of the latter. Adding insult to Sancho’s injury, ex-Manchester United icon, Nemanja Matic recalled how Sancho often used to show up late for training. Matic’s revelation has reached the ears of United legend Roy Keane. Unsurprisingly, Keane is unhappy with Sancho’s conduct.

In a recent free-wheeling conversation of soccer greats, Manchester United legend Gary Neville touched up on the unpleasant time Manchester United is going through. Sancho’s lateness to training apparently became a talking point, and here’s how Roy Keane responded to the matter.

Roy Keane is unhappy with Jadon Sancho for showing up late

In a recent episode of The Overlap’s ‘Rest is Football’ podcast, Gary Neville read out Nemanja Matic’s statements that revealed Sancho’s lateness in training. Along with Sancho, ex-MUFC star Paul Pogba also used to show up late for training during the COVID time. Neville asked co-host Keane to share his thoughts on Pogba and Sancho’s gestures. “This idea of lads being constantly late for training. It shouldn’t happen. A player can be late for training obvious. He can be stuck in traffic or car breaks down, but if that’s a regular occurrence, then that’s not good. It turns my stomach,” said Roy Keane.

Pogba and Sancho were deemed to pay $94,000 as a fine for being late constantly, per Matic’s statement. However, Neville and other hosts shockingly discovered that Pogba and Sancho racked up the sum and spent it on a party in London. Soon enough, co-host Jamie Carragher also chimed in with his thoughts on the said debacle. Carragher not-so-subtly stated that players like Sancho are now going through a lackluster phase due to the lack of discipline.

Jamie Carragher explains the ‘knock-on-effect’

Jamie Carragher started his verdict, asking if both Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho are being to give their best on the field. Carragher himself said no and exposed the reason behind it. “Those two players that we’re talking about there, have not got the best out of themselves as footballer. So the knock-on-effects of thinking, ‘I’ll just come in 10 minutes late, it’s not the end of the world,’ I think it goes into your football, it goes into your training,” said Carragher.

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Carragher’s comment becomes all the more relevant when we look into the knock-on effects these misgivings have had on Pogba and Sancho’s careers. The former is banned from playing for Juventus. Meanwhile, the sole reason behind Sancho’s exile is his conduct during trainings.

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