5 breakout players of the season

#1 Jadon Sancho

Sancho has been nicknamed as the English Neymar by the British press

When Sancho left Manchester City for Dortmund for £8 million in 2017, it was a risky movement considering not many English youngsters had left the island at such a young age to find success abroad. But 2 seasons later, it looks like a move made in heaven.

Dortmund coach Lucien Favre has been described as an efficient manager with an ability to overperform expected goals in part a feature of compact organization and getting men behind the ball. This has helped Sancho the most with the teenager assisting as many expected goals in open play per 90 as anyone else in the Bundesliga.

Favre has mostly used Sancho as one of the three wide midfielders in his structured 4-2-3-1 formation. Sancho mostly plays on the right side of the three advanced midfielders and the youngster likes to express himself more on the ball and this makes him to always try and do something with the ball, taking defenders on 1 v 1 situations and trying to run with the ball into space.

Sancho is currently defying logic with his form, but it is very possible that he will see frustrations in the future. A player such as Raheem Sterling spent several years unable to perform as he did at age 19 before having a sudden leap in production under Pep Guardiola.

Dips in the form are common during the early stages in a player's career. Improvement is not linear. Hence Sancho should not look for a big money move back to his homeland and rather stick with Dortmund and become the player he has been forecasted to be.