Aston Villa completed Deadline Day signings of Jadon Sancho and Harvey Elliott, with Sancho joining on loan from Manchester United after a season at Chelsea. Sancho scored three Premier League goals last season and faces pressure to revive his career at Villa Park. Gabriel Agbonlahor labelled the Sancho transfer as possibly a panic buy and questioned his recent form and wages. Villa hope to replicate Marcus Rashford's successful loan impact by integrating Sancho into an attack led by Ollie Watkins. Unai Emery gains pace and creativity options on the flanks and must decide how to deploy Sancho this season.
You look at Sancho, I look at that as maybe a bit of a panic buy on the last day of the window, Agbonlahor said on talkSPORT Breakfast. Didn't work for him really at Chelsea, no other club wanted to pay the wages he's on. But Marcus Rashford came to Aston Villa and did okay. Maybe you'll see Sancho have as similar an impact as Marcus Rashford did. Some games, top class. Some games not looking as interested as he should be.
Villa, who have seen success with the loan move on a Rashford last season, are now looking to take advantage of the situation at Manchester United once again and hoping that one of their players can make a huge impact at Villa Park. The fact that Chelsea paid Man United a 5million penalty not to sign Sancho permanently is not a good look on Sancho but he has a huge responsibility now to prove his critics wrong and revive his career.
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