BATTLE OF THE ‘DORTMUND WONDERKIDS’

Top USA star Pulisic reckons that the sky’s the limit for team-mate Sancho

THE sky is the limit for Jadon Sancho, according to his fellow boy wonder Christian Pulisic.

Sancho is poised to make his first England start in tonight’s Wembley friendly against USA.

That would see him come up against his Borussia Dortmund team-mate Pulisic, the poster boy of American football.

Pulisic (above with Sancho), was first to arrive at Dortmund in 2015. The 20-year-old has now been joined by Sancho, 18, who has taken the Bundesliga by storm.

“The sky is the limit for a guy

like him. You can see how much talent and how much skill he has,” said Pulisic (above with USA teammate Walker Zimmerman). “Jadon has done really great for Dortmund this season. Hopefully, he will continue on this path.

“My first impressions of him are he is a young guy with a lot of talent. He is being a bigger part of the team now and is doing a great job with that.

“I went through the exact same things as him. Whenever he is going through a tough time, he knows I have been through situations like that. He knows to talk to me. I am there and I can talk to him. It’s a cool relationship that we have.” Sancho and Pulisic have spent most of this season battling each other for a starting spot at Dortmund.

Sancho is currently ahead of Pulisic in the pecking order at the Bundesliga outfit, but the American said: “I don’t see it like that. We both want to perform for our countries and want to win. We are both competitive guys and want to do as well as we can.

“We talked about it and possibly playing against each other is going to be really cool. Competing with him every day in training and being good friends off the field, and now getting the chance to play on it at international level, is going to be a fun experience.”

The decision to honour Wayne Rooney (left) with a 120th cap and big send-off has split opinion but Pulisic added: “I am really excited for it.

“I looked up to a guy like Rooney a lot, actually. It is clear to see his passion for the game, what he did in his whole career in Europe, and now what he’s even doing for the sport in MLS.

“He’s a very passionate guy and I’m happy for him that he can have a nice send-off game. It’s even better that it’s against us. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”