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Gareth Southgate would do well to book a Eurostar to Paris on Tuesday. For there, he might just find a Euros star.
Jadon Sancho has given the England boss a decision to make. It may be an easy decision, given Southgate last picked the winger nearly three years ago and had misgivings over attitude and time-keeping.
But he cannot ignore the best-performing Englishman in the last four of the Champions League without giving thought to the prospect of a recall. Never mind the best Englishman, Sancho was better than the French, Germans, Portuguese and Brazilians during Borussia Dortmund’s 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday.
In German newspaper Bild, he was the only player awarded a merit rating of 1, their highest score and reserved for outstanding contributions. In truth, though, those on the ground here in Germany did not see it coming.
On the eve of the game, football writer Cedric Gebhardt, of the Ruhr Nachrichten newspaper, told the BBC: ‘Sancho lacks the ease and confidence of his first spell at Dortmund. He doesn’t dribble as often and he also lacks pace and loses the ball too often.’
Jadon Sancho's display in the first leg against PSG has given Gareth Southgate a dilemma
Southgate should attend the second leg of the semi-final to assess Sancho's performance
It was not a left-field opinion, and fans have – or had - reservations about the idea of re-signing Sancho from Manchester United, where he will return this summer when his loan spell expires. The consensus, at least before Wednesday’s first leg, was that he was not the same player as before.
That was supported by his decent, if not spectacular
