Edin Terzic believes Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho can still win the Ballon d’Or | OneFootball

Former Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic has claimed that he believes Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho can still win the Ballon d’Or.

The Red Devils forward is currently on loan at Aston Villa having fallen out of favour at the Old Trafford club, and his spell at the Midlands club is not going as planned.

Terzic managed Sancho at Dortmund and is convinced the 25-year-old Man United man still has what it takes to fulfill his huge potential

“All those players can win the Ballon d’Or in the future,” Terzic told the Daily Telegraph.

“Even Jadon. From the talent point of view, if you talk about Jadon then maybe five years ago you would talk about Ousmane Dembele [who won the prize this year with Paris St-Germain but also had discipline issues] in the same way. I am talking about the talent and potential.

“The difference is Erling (Haaland) will reach this level if he stays hungry: Jadon will only reach this level if he keeps smiling – and Jude (Bellingham) needs to do both.

“On the pitch, I tried to reach the joy of the child in Jadon – off the pitch, the professional athlete in Jadon.”

Sancho was widely tipped to take the world by storm after his performances during his first spell at Dortmund.

Man United ended up signing him in a £73 million deal in 2021 following a return of 50 goals and 64 assists in 137 games for the Bundesliga club.

He has been a shadow of himself since then, with 12 goals and six assists to his name in 83 appearances for the Red Devils.

Loan spells at Dortmund, Chelsea and Villa have not gone as Man United would have hoped, and claiming that he can win the Ballon d’Or will have plenty of Red Devils supporters laughing.