Get the latest United transfer window updates, pre-season news and analysis delivered straight to your inbox every day for free It is almost four years to the day since the Manchester Evening News revealed United were interested in signing a 17-year-old winger from City.
Jadon Sancho had been omitted from City's pre-season tour, when they lost to United in Houston, and he had skipped training sessions.
Tottenham and Arsenal were circling but City staved off the Premier League vultures when Borussia Dortmund swooped in with an £8million offer.
Before Sancho left Manchester, he told confidants at City he envisaged himself returning to the city. Sancho was always bound to wear red, rather than blue, on his return.
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