The former Manchester City academy graduate has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence and is expected to make a high-profile switch in the future <\/p>\n
Jadon Sancho has been hailed as \u201ca perfect player\u201d by Lothar Matthaus, with a \u00a37 million ($9m) bargain expected to make Borussia Dortmund a sizeable profit in the transfer market.<\/p>\n
The exciting 18-year-old forward has enjoyed a meteoric rise over the last 18 months, with the decision to leave Manchester City in the summer of 2017 proving to be some springboard.<\/p>\n
A switch to Germany was considered to be a brave leap into the unknown for a youngster who saw his route to first-team football blocked at the Etihad Stadium.<\/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 seen his decision justified with regular minutes in the Bundesliga and a call-up to the senior England squad , with German legend Matthaus impressed by what he has seen from a talent destined to be involved in a big-money deal at some stage as he remains on an upward career curve.<\/p>\n The World Cup winner told The Sun <\/em> : \u201cHe is a natural footballer, who loves to play on the left wing but has unbelievable talent.<\/p>\n \u201cSancho\u00a0is a player who has everything. He has fantastic speed, great technique, a good eye for his colleagues and that key pass.<\/p>\n \u201cEverything he does he pulls off at high speed at the right moment.<\/p>\n \u201cFor me he is a perfect player. The ability he has is instinctive, natural. You cannot teach that brilliance.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is clear is that he loves just playing football, loves the ball. He is not thinking about money, about the next Ferrari he can buy. He looks to have both feet on the ground.<\/p>\n \u201cHe arrived in\u00a0Dortmund\u00a0as a 17-year-old, leaving England for the first time. He was away from his home and family for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cDortmund\u00a0gave him time. Now, when he plays, he makes the difference and excites everyone.<\/p>\n \u201cThey bought him for only \u00a37m. And they know that in three or four years\u2019 time, when it is right for Sancho to move on, they will get an awful lot more than that.<\/p>\n \u201cFor the next two years he should concentrate on getting into the Under-21 side, play games and learn about international competition.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is better for his development than going into the senior squad and sitting on the bench.\u201d<\/p>\n Sancho could get the chance to grace both the senior and U21 sides for England over the next few months.<\/p>\n He will be hoping to make his bow for Gareth Southgate\u2019s team in upcoming UEFA Nations League games against Croatia and Spain, while the Young Lions appear destined to be heading to next summer\u2019s European Championship in Italy.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The former Manchester City academy graduate has enjoyed a rapid rise to prominence and is expected to make a high-profile switch in the future Jadon Sancho has been hailed as \u201ca perfect player\u201d by Lothar Matthaus, with a \u00a37 million ($9m) bargain expected to make Borussia Dortmund a sizeable profit in the transfer market. The…<\/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-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561","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=561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n