When Jamie Bynoe-Gittens first arrived in Germany, it was Jude Bellingham who offered words of advice. Tonight they will go head to head on the global stage.
Together with Jadon Sancho, Bellingham and Bynoe-Gittens were an English trio abroad with the latter the young pretender aiming to emulate his team-mates and make the grade at Borussia Dortmund.
The German city has in recent years forged a reputation for being the finishing school of some of Europe's leading football talents.
They can almost seek out talent on reputation alone, pointing to a book of evidence that includes Bellingham, Erling Haaland and Sancho as players who arrived young, flourished and left for some of the continent's giants earning Dortmund huge transfer fee after huge transfer fee. READ MORE: What Pep has done with Rico Lewis this season shows City faith despite critics READ MORE: 'New focus' Man City training change has instant impact at Wolves The inclusion of Sancho is significant.
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