Sunday People

Jadon can Bund it like Beckham at Wembley

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Tottenham v Borussia Dortmund

Bundesliga by storm with a string of dazzling displays, and producing eight goals and a dozen assists in all competitio­ns this season after yesterday’s draw with Hoffenheim.

Borussia Dortmund’s sporting director Michael Zorc (below) said: “I’m not surprised about his performanc­es.

“But I’m surprised how fast he managed to get on this senior level because before that he only played in youth teams teams.

“And also his stability in p performing well. During last autumn he nearly playe played each game for us and always o on a high level.

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talent. And therefore it was very easy.”

Sancho’s decision to turn down a £30,000-a-week deal at City due to fears about his first-team prospects and move to Dortmund was quickly justified – even before he establishe­d himself as a key man this season.

He has been such a hit, that a string of British youngsters have been encouraged to follow him to the Bundesliga.

And Zorc said: “The biggest advantage of joining a German club – and it is what young boys are looking for – is that they have the chance to play.

“And because of this difference between Premier League and Bundesliga clubs in money to spend towards the teams, then maybe the German teams are a bit more forced to give these younger players chances to play.

“The most important thing is not to make promises you can’t keep afterwards.

“We don’t say, ‘you are going to play, definitely’. We just say there is the opportunit­y.

“We have this strategy of adding young players to a good structure, with experience­d players who have played for many years in the team. Plus ones we buy at an older age.

“It’s easy to just show a young player our teamsheet and say, ‘see how many players 20 years and younger are playing in our team each Saturday’.

“Not just in a cup game which is maybe not so important, but against Munich, against Gladbach, and also in our Champions League games.”

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