Manchester United assistant coach, Benni McCarthy has explained why Jadon Sancho refused to apologize to Erik ten Hag after the forward had a falling out with the manager.
Sancho’s relationship with Ten Hag worsened after the Dutchman publicly criticized his efforts in training.
He was then banished from the first-team squad and eventually went on loan to Borussia Dortmund.
Speaking about the development, McCarthy told 947 Joburg:
“I spoke to the manager and I said to him that you know the delicacy and I think Jadon feels that if he apologizes, then he’s going to be classed as someone who doesn’t train hard, that doesn’t work hard, who that everything that was said against him was true.
“And if you are from the streets, no one wants to apologize, you admit you are not training well, you are lazy, everything you are accused of. Jadon wasn’t going to have that. The manager just said that all he wants is an apology.
He added: “I spoke to Jadon as a coach, as a mentor, as a friend, and as someone who grew up on the streets and knows the code. But Jadon just wasn’t seeing it. He said, ‘I ain’t apologizing because if I do, I’m apologizing for being lazy, always being late, not giving my best. That’s what I’m apologizing for,’ and those were his reasons.”
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