Nemanja Matic claims Jadon Sancho was 'always late' to Manchester United training

Jadon Sancho remains banished from Man United's first-team by Erik ten Hag and he looks set to leave the club in January.

Nemanja Matic has claimed Jadon Sancho and Paul Pogba were always late to Manchester United training during his time at the club and he suggested there were low standards among players.

Matic joined United in 2017 from Chelsea to play for Jose Mourinho again and he spent five years at Old Trafford, making 183 appearances before leaving on a free transfer at the end of the 2021/22 season.

The midfielder did not win a trophy during his time with United and he signed Roma following his departure, but he's now playing for French club Rennes and he spoke to Serbian media this week.

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Matic, speaking in an interview with YuPlanet, discussed the standards he encountered at United and he claimed Sancho and Pogba were among the players who were regularly late to training.

He also revealed there was a punctuality problem in the dressing room and that he helped to develop a fine system.

"At Chelsea, players acted professionally, they were punctual and were never late for training but at United it happened almost every day," Matic said.

"Among the players who would always be late were Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho and a couple of other players. The rest of us who were always on time were angry so we decided to form a kind of an internal disciplinary committee with me serving as its president.

"I put a sheet of paper up on the wall where I documented the names of individuals arriving late. During one particular season we collected around £75,000 in fines. We had planned to use the money to throw a party in London but we didn’t due to the Covid outbreak."

Sancho faced similar accusations during his time at Borussia Dortmund and he remains banished from United's first-team after disagreeing with Erik ten Hag in public after the Arsenal game in September.

"On his performance on training we didn't select him," Ten Hag said when asked about Sancho's omission, which led to the player urging supporters not to believe everything they read on social media.