Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke has jumped to the defence of Jadon Sancho.
Sancho returned to BVB on loan from Manchester United, the club he joined for £73million in 2021.
It didn’t work out at all for Sancho back in England, but on his return, he managed an assist in a 2-0 Bundesliga win over Darmstadt.
Sancho has been frozen out of action since August by United manager Erik ten Hag after he refused to apologise for criticising the coach on social media.
Sancho has often had to put up with complaints about his attitude and discipline, something which Watzke wanted to put straight.
“Jadon doesn’t have a discipline problem at all, I don’t know who always said that,” he said.
“Jadon only has one problem, he comes late every now and then. His internal clock is not that developed.
“He’s a very nice boy, but every now and then he was late. But you have to deal with that.
“What do you go to the stadium for? We don’t go there because everyone is always on time. I want to see how he plays with the ball.”
Lothar Matthäus took a similar line: “I would rather see a good player on the pitch than everyone being on time and then not kicking the ball.”
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