Emery on signing Jadon Sancho permanently: “Not yet (not decided). But he’s a fantastic player.
"He will need another contract and maybe it could be here. In case he’s playing his best football, we will want him. Maybe other teams could be involved in the interest for him."
Suggests that at the very least we've discussed it with him and his people.
My guess is he's learned his lesson with Harvey Elliott and knows there is literally no advantage to telling a player you don't want them. He needs Sancho fit, firing and fully motivated until the end of the season. His response is about as positive as he can be without it later looking like he's reneging on a promise.
As others have said, if you think of him as a £20-30m signing, and sign him for 4 years, then someone will justify giving him £200k a week on that basis, ahead of spending £20m on a player and then giving THAT player £100k a week.
I doubt it will be us who pays him that money, but someone will. If his upward trajectory in form continues, then I'll have no problem with the club signing him permanently. Though if we do sign him, it wouldn't surprise me to see us then move him on mid-contract to try and make a few quid.
