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Gary Neville makes Jadon Sancho transfer prediction amid Manchester United rumours

Gary Neville believes Jadon Sancho could be Manchester United's main bit of transfer business this summer.

Sancho was heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford last year, but United and Borussia Dortmund failed to settle on a fair price for the 21-year-old.

Man United are refusing to rule out a move for the Dortmund and England winger this summer, the Manchester Evening News understands.

Both Erling Haaland and Harry Kane have been linked with a sensational switch to the red side of Manchester as well as Sancho.

However, Neville thinks with the news that Edinson Cavani has put pen-to-paper on a one-year extension at the club, this will not happen now - but does think Sancho will sign.

“If you look at the policy over the last couple of years since Ole has come in, I don’t think they will sign another striker," Neville said on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football.

"I haven’t got the contacts on the inside that I used to have, so it’s my assumption because they’ve been desperate for Sancho.

"They didn’t get Sancho and they were criticised for that, I criticised them for that. But they could look incredibly smart this year if they get him for near half the price and they’ve waited 12 months.

"I think Juan Mata has done fantastically well for the club but I think he’ll leave.

"I think they can get good money for Daniel James, but again, he could go somewhere else and they can get good money for him.

"There’s a feeling that Jesse Lingard, he’s done really well at West Ham, but I think Ole will say no, he can explore and go elsewhere. Van de Beek has to stay, in my opinion.

"The rest of them: Rashford, Fernandes, Greenwood, Pogba, Martial, Van de Beek and Cavani - if Manchester United were to sign Harry Kane and Sancho, for example, then will Cavani play? Will Greenwood? Where will that leave Rashford?

"Where does Pogba fit in, if Ole plays two defensive midfielders as he does, with Fernandes in front because he’s a guarantee.

"I think Sancho comes in and he plays on that right-hand side, you’ve potentially got the back-up of Greenwood on that side, you’ve got Cavani and Greenwood up front," Neville added.

"On the left, you’ve got Rashford and Martial and then you’ve got Pogba who potentially fits in if he’s not in midfield.

"If you sign Kane or Haaland, I don’t think that basically works for United with the way they’ve recruited in the last few years. Allowing young players like Greenwood, making sure Rashford plays, Van de Beek getting a game.

"I think it’s Sancho and then that’s their business done.”

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