Jadon Sancho has been pictured at Manchester United's Carrington training ground today (Monday) as he completed his first United training session.
Sancho, 21, was officially unveiled as United's second signing of the summer two-and-a-half weeks ago but is yet to take part in any pre-season work with his new teammates — until today.
The England international has signed an initial five-year deal at Old Trafford after United agreed a £72.9million transfer fee with Borussia Dortmund.
Sancho was granted time off following participation in the European Championship with England although he ended up reporting for duty a week later than international teammates Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw.
The long wait is finally over for United supporters though after Sancho attended his first training session with his new side on Monday morning.
United confirmed the news on their official website, with Sancho now battling to be match fit in time for this weekend's Premier League opener against Leeds.
Speaking at the weekend Ole Gunnar Solskjaer reiterated Sancho and fellow summer signing Raphael Varane cannot be 'thrown into a game' as United prepare to start the Premier League season against Leeds on Saturday.
"The medical with Raphael has to be done," Solskjaer said after victory over Everton. "He's isolating at the moment, we had to wait for visas, unfortunately that took a few more days than expected but we've got to follow the protocols and rules, it's taken a few more days than we had hoped for. Jadon is in for Monday and hopefully he'll be in decent nick and can be involved.
"We've had a longer pre-season than last year, last season we had a full group for five days before the Crystal Palace game, so that was a difficult one, naturally, because we went so far in Europe and played a tournament after.
"This summer, at least everyone has had three weeks off. Some have had four, some have had five, we're still lacking match minutes for a few. But we're getting there, better prepared than last season.
"Some started July 5, some trained with us for the first time this week, of course Jadon is next week and Raphael hopefully when the medical is sorted he'll be a few days with us.
"But we have to get them through a fitness regime and programme. We can't just throw them into a game. The staff are doing great work, the sports science guys are working hard to get everyone up to speed as quickly as possible."
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