The teenage forward has been a revelation since swapping life at Manchester City for that in Germany, but not everybody will tread a similar path <\/p>\n
Jadon Sancho has warned fellow Brits seeking to emulate the success he has enjoyed at Borussia Dortmund that \u201cit\u2019s not easy\u201d to thrive in Germany.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old has made a switch from the Premier League to the Bundesliga look simple enough.<\/p>\n
He completed such a move in the summer of 2017, with the decision taken to leave Manchester City after seeing his path to first-team football blocked.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n Sancho has gone on to flourish at Dortmund, becoming an established member of a title-chasing side and a senior international with England.<\/p>\n Many are now seeking to follow in his footsteps.<\/p>\n Reiss Nelson is enjoying a productive loan at Hoffenheim, fellow Arsenal starlet Emile Smith Rowe has linked up with RB Leipzig and West Ham youngster Reece Oxford is taking in a stint with Augsburg.<\/p>\n Wales international Rabbi Matondo has also moved to Germany from City, with an \u00a310 million ($13m) deal completed during the January transfer window.<\/p>\n Sancho is happy to be seen as an inspiration for others but is eager to point out that he has had to work hard for all that he has achieved.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n He told The Sun<\/em>: “I feel young players are looking to go away now because they are seeing my success – but it\u2019s not easy.<\/p>\n “People think that because I am doing so well but everyone\u2019s journey is different. Mine was just to come out here and to work on me.<\/p>\n “I couldn\u2019t speak for other young players but they are probably giving it a thought now.<\/p>\n “I felt at the time I needed something different. Borussia Dortmund were the club I chose. I thought, \u2018This will be my new home and I\u2019ll work very hard to prove myself\u2019.”<\/p>\n Having proved his worth at Dortmund, Sancho has gone from strength to strength.<\/p>\n With the club seeking to recapture the German top-flight crown this season, a highly-rated teenager has contributed six goals and nine assists to their Bundesliga cause.<\/p>\n Sancho has also found the target once in the Champions League and teed up another effort for a grateful team-mate.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The teenage forward has been a revelation since swapping life at Manchester City for that in Germany, but not everybody will tread a similar path Jadon Sancho has warned fellow Brits seeking to emulate the success he has enjoyed at Borussia Dortmund that \u201cit\u2019s not easy\u201d to thrive in Germany. The 18-year-old has made a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n