El Pais has an
article running today exclusively dedicated to Jadon Sancho.
While the article is timely and topical because of the Real Madrid - Dortmund Champions League match (and the original interest of both clubs in acquiring his signature), it underscores how highly thought of Sancho is.
Some things mentioned:
* He has developed a good off-field bond with Aubameyang
* In adapting to the club, he also likes having another English-speaker in Pulisic around
* He chose Dortmund because of Dortmund's commitment of bringing young players into the First Team (Ousmane Dembele, Pulisic, Alexander Isak among them)
* Unlike other teams, Dortmund assured Sancho of a minimum number of First team appearances
* He didn't receive clearance to play in Germany until September 30
* He has amassed only 16 minutes with the First Team thus far ( 6' when he debuted vs Eintracht Frankfurt and 10' vs Bayern)
* His positive qualities (speedy, good dribbler, has vision, has an eye for goal)
* On the negative side he is described as being somewhat arrogant
* He won't feature in the Champions League fixture, but he was the only player brought in from the youth team for first squad training
* He'll play vs Real Madrid today, but for the Dortmund U19s vs Real Madrid U19s in the UEFA Youth League (match kicks off in 3.5 hours from time of posting).
I would say Sancho is both a bona fide Dortmund investment and still somewhat in the shop window depending on how he adjusts and shows in the Youth League and takes his opportunities when in the First team environment.
The kid is at the pinnacle of European football. It would take some seriously drastic changes in fortunes to see him dress in a T&T shirt
or it would require an extraordinarily credible and gifted interlocutor acting on behalf of the TTFA. If he could walk away from Pep, he definitely doh have time for bullshit.