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Former Borussia Dortmund supervisor Edin Terzić has claimed that Aston Villa winger Jadon Sancho can nonetheless go on to win a Ballon d’Or trophy sooner or later.
Sancho, at present on mortgage at Aston Villa from Manchester United, has struggled for kind over current seasons and has failed to copy the performances which noticed the Pink Devils shell out £73m to Dortmund for the English winger in the summertime of 2021.
After failing to return double figures in mixed objective contributions in every of his first two full seasons at Outdated Trafford, Man Utd despatched Sancho again to Dortmund on mortgage for the 2023/24 marketing campaign, in Terzic’s last stint as BVB boss.
Amid Sancho’s mortgage at Villa, his former boss Terzic has claimed that he can nonetheless go on to win the illustrious particular person soccer prize, and the way he can accomplish that.
Terzic Thinks Sancho Can Win a Ballon d’Or If ‘He Retains Smiling’
Sancho scored 40 objectives and notched 57 assists for Dortmund in simply 137 outings between 2017 and 2021, along with his distinctive kind in Germany seeing the Pink Devils convey the previous Manchester Metropolis academy product again to English soccer.
Nonetheless, Sancho failed to copy his promise seen at Dortmund, which has seen Man Utd mortgage him again to the German giants, in addition to Chelsea and Villa in current seasons.
With Terzic being each assistant coach and supervisor throughout Sancho’s breakout at Dortmund, the German is nicely conscious of the qualities Sancho possesses, and nonetheless believes he can obtain footballing greatness regardless of his downturn in kind since leaving the Sign Iduna Park 4 years in the past.
Terzic, who additionally introduced coached the likes of Jude Bellingham, Ousmane Dembélé and Erling Haaland at Dortmund, instructed The Telegraph:
“All these gamers [Erling Haaland, Jude Bellingham, Jadon Sancho] can win the Ballon d’Or sooner or later,”
“Even Jadon. From the expertise standpoint, if you happen to discuss Jadon then perhaps 5 years in the past you’d discuss Ousmane Dembélé [who won the prize this year with Paris St-Germain but also had discipline issues] in the identical manner. I’m speaking concerning the expertise and potential.
“The distinction is Erling will attain this degree if he stays hungry: Jadon will solely attain this degree if he retains smiling – and Jude must do each.”
Sancho confirmed indicators of enchancment on mortgage at Chelsea final season, notching 13 mixed objective contributions in 41 outings to assist his mortgage membership win the Europa Convention League title with a objective in opposition to Actual Betis within the last, however the Blues have been reluctant to signal the 25-year-old completely.
Unai Emery’s Aston Villa signed Sancho on a season-long mortgage deal from Man Utd in September, however the England worldwide has failed to seek out the web or notch an help in his first 4 outings at Villa Park with simply eight minutes of Premier League soccer underneath his belt thus far this season.
If Sancho is to show Terzic proper, he not solely should begin contributing for Villa and work his manner again into the fold at Outdated Trafford, however he additionally must “maintain smiling” based on his former Dortmund boss.
