Dortmund’s Jadon Sancho makes mark but has to settle for second best | Barney Ronay


England’s 18-year-old winger sparkled at times on his return to London, even if Tottenham’s Son Heung-min stole the show

Two lucrative transfers, two academy stints and one dramatic overseas switch into Jadon Sancho’s career the English football prodigy, a talent-riddle waiting to be solved, has finally played a club game in his home country.

He might expect a few happier returns in future. They came to watch Jadon, or at least to gawp just a little. In the event it was an evening that offered glimpses of his talent in a fine first half but brought a chastening end for the Bundesliga leaders.

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