I've heard this too, but don't know how true it is. By all means this was apparently done on Wednesday so can only think City want more cash, all the deals now I'd say will go to the end of the window.
Jadon Sancho goes to Dortmund ;)
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Probably going abroad for 6 months.
. It would be amazing after all the trouble in this thread, for him to turn down Spurs.Lad needs to get this sorted and concentrate on the U17 World Cup, is he even getting a game at City currently?
Fryers mk II. Spurs have previous on this.
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I always find it really odd when British journalists refer to places in continental Europe as "overseas"
Why? I mean they are QUIDE LIDERALLY over the sea, isn't it?
So what happened to this deal? Head move to Spurs is off now.
It's because Welsh and English teams play in the same league (in part), and it also save confusion should a player move to the Scottish league. All of which could be described as 'abroad' technically depending on which of the home countries you're in and 'overseas' just removes that (admittedly marginal) grey area.
He'll probably sign for Standard Liege tomorrow...
Still can't believe Fryers and Spurs shafted us over what would have been a meager compensation fee, great to see karma has shafted him with limited career appearances.
I had to laugh a couple of years after the move when he ended up lining up for the Spurs U21 side against ours. Nice progress Zeki.
Same sort of thing happened with Ashley Fletcher, but at least he didn't think it was wise for himself to waste a year of his career in a second rate league just so the club that wanted to sign him save a couple of hundred thousand.
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As reported by @AdrianJKajumba Borussia Dortmund most likely destination for Jaydon Sancho. #MCFC let him speak to #BVB #FCBayern #RMFC only
This is like us losing Angel Gomes. I'd be pissed.
Would be a pretty good coup for Dortmund.
But Glaston's precious little heart was so giddy about this transfer.
Same in what way? I don't remember anything controversial about Fletcher's move.
Probably England's most promising younger player, by some distance too. Wish we'd pulled all stops to sign him.
Not the same really. Gomes has been at United since he was 6. Sancho was only with City for a couple of years.
Don't agree with that. He is a top prospect but there are a number of them currently and the others seem to have better attitudes too.
Shame for Spurs if he goes to Germany but from the looks of it City simply refused to deal with us.
True. I guess I meant simply the fact of losing your most talented youth player.
Nah what I meant is that for me, the word 'overseas' somehow implies a far greater distance of water travel than just crossing a few kilometers over the canal.
Obviously I'm not a native speaker, so I guess this is because the direct German counterpart 'Übersee' much more connotes some adventurous travel across oceans, to other continents, etc, and this connotation is activated in my head when I read 'overseas'. I don't think Germans would use the term 'Übersee' for going to Britain.
Also, I suspect that maybe people in Britain have a more distant relation towards continental Europe, than continental Europe has towards Britain, and this varying sense of distance might play a part in the usage of a word like overseas/'Übersee-'.
He's refusing to train atm, right? Would be a bit hypocritical for Dortmund to sign someone on strike two weeks after Dembele was sold. Or is there more to it?
City didn't take him on tour because he wouldn't sign a new deal so he went AWOL.
There are bad signs regarding his attitude for sure. The U17 World Cup starts in a month and he isn't even training at the moment!
It should ring some alarm bells. He'll probably give them the same treatment once Real/PSG/Barca or any other big team comes calling in a season or two. If they do it right they might make a big profit on him though.
I'm not talking about finances - his passport already guarantees Dortmund a very nice profit, even if he flops. I'm talking more about the moral side of blaming Barca for their role in Dembele's strike and then turning around and buying someone who does just the same.
If he's really such a big talent then Bayern should have just shown him the age of our wingers.
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Good work by Dortmund. If he turns out to be good, they can make a lot of money again, as he inevitably will move on
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