Jadon Sancho will not be leaving Borussia Dortmund for an astronomical transfer fee in the summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to Paul Merson.
The 20-year-old has been linked with a £100 million ($125m) move to Manchester United - a deal that would make him the most expensive English player of all time.
However, with the current Covid-19 outbreak halting football worldwide and putting significant financial pressure on clubs, former Arsenal midfielder Merson believes big-money transfers will disappear from the game for a while.
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"All the talk about Jadon Sancho commanding a £100m-plus transfer fee has been blown out of the water if you ask me," Merson said in his weekly column for Daily Star.