Why isn't Jadon Sancho playing on the right for Manchester United?

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Enter Manchester United’s flagship signing, the new winger who could propel them to another level. 

No, not that one. Jadon Sancho’s first start for his new club was a curious affair. He was overshadowed by Cristiano Ronaldo, even when the real Ronaldo was in Portugal and a cardboard version in the Molineux stands, and outshone on the pitch by Adama Traore, the other left winger.

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Richard Jolly

Richard Jolly also writes for the National, the Guardian, the Observer, the Straits Times, the Independent, Sporting Life, Football 365 and the Blizzard. He has written for the FourFourTwo website since 2018 and for the magazine in the 1990s and the 2020s, but not in between. He has covered 1500+ games and remembers a disturbing number of the 0-0 draws.