What is Jadon Sancho's best position?

Jadon Sancho was signed by Manchester United to occupy their right wing position, but he’s spent a lot of time playing left wing.

At Borussia Dortmund, he had some of his most productive games at right wing, but for United, his best numbers come at left wing.

So, which is his best position? Maram AlBaharna explains.

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[acerfiend]

So diplomatic of Maram to say AWB is not necessarily worse than Hakimi

[WizardWallis]

I’d love a video like this on Phil Foden; started out in midfield, and now Guardiola & Southgate tend to play him more on the wing (on either side, like Sancho) - and even as a false 9

[e-manny]

I love your analytical explanation of Sacho and Rashford. What I do not understand is why prior managers did not recognize this area where Rashford could improve, yet he repeatedly keeps doing the same thing on the pitch. Everyone who has seen Rashford play weekly could see these faults.

[TheSealDribble]

Love how Maram is always constructive, "how can this be better", is really a nice, positive vibe!

[riser]

I totally agree with your take on Rashford. That guy has serious tunnel vision issue and it can be frustrating to watch at times.

[thelonelyloner]

As a Manchester United and Sancho fan I absolutely love this episode. Very well done. Also as someone who speaks Arabic I am a fan of how you pronounce the names of Hakimi in this video, and in general Salah & Mahrez etc. Keep up the good work 👍👏

[t.robinson]

LOL- Maram’s t-shirt had me trying to figure out if it was an animated tin of soup for the first minute or so.

[jimkeane]

We love Maram! Can we get her on the podcast

[sususegar]

This is what I've been saying about Sancho to anyone calling him a fraud last year. Just because he doesn't try to take on defenders every time he has the ball, then passes back or sideways, doesn't make him a bad player. He just has terrible teammates.

[pecansandies]

I hope Maram is fully part of Tifo so she can be a mainstay on the podcast soon. She's great

[lesliekay]

It has started 🔥😂😂
This is exactly what happened to Paul Pogba
"His best position"

Rashford
Martial
Van Da Beek

All with no set positions

[dontbewrong]

I would love Sancho to have a role like Grealish at Aston Villa, Starting at LW, cutting inside and providing the final pass piercing through the defence and have positional fluidity.

[giovanniperruci]

Maram is just so awesome. We need her on the podcast too.

[SENAPATIENTERTAINMENT]

As a Dortmund fan for several years, I have seen Jadon grow and become who is today in front of my eyes, and I absolutely agree with Maram (whose Tshirt was amazing btw ❤️) that Sancho thrives of a offensively capable full back alongside him, who understands his moves and ideas. In the 18/19 and 19/20 seasons, he was deployed on the right wing and he was tearing it apart with Hakimi overlapping on that flank. Then comes 20/21 and Hakimi leaves for Inter, Meunier who is nowhere near Hakimi's offensive capabilities replaces as the right full back and Sancho's productivity drops to an all time low.
Lucien Favre gets sacked, Terzic comes in, moves him to the left where he can combine with Guerreiro (who if you ask me is the most brilliant full back in the world on the ball) and BOOM, Sancho starts banging again and gets his move to Manchester. In United, he has to play with Shaw and Wan Bissaka, who frankly speaking are nowhere near Guerreiro and Hakimi, both international full backs. So, if Ten Hag wants Sancho to fire on all cylinders, he needs to fix the full back situation.

[matho]

Maram is awesome! Never ceases to amaze and entertain. Would love to see her on the podcast!

[lukemiller_]

So glad to see Maram back 😁and fun to learn about how Sancho varies on left and right wings!

[jennathalia]

tifo should start posting two videos a day; their daily Man Utd video, then one everyone else can enjoy

[willsy]

Your analysis of Rashford is spot on. I don't know how an attacking player like Rashford does not look at his surroundings while progressing the ball. No wonder he hasn't hit his potential so far

[Otoskire]

Maram videos are really good, she’s getting better on camera too as people naturally do

[TJ_Jones]

Can we have a wolves video? To look at their progression from a 5 to a 4, sensible transfers and to look at their signings collins and guedes 👍