In 1895, the renowned Irish playwright and poet Oscar Wilde wrote a play called The Importance of Being Earnest, in which everything revolves around the name Ernest. These days, Borussia Dortmund could write a remake called “The Importance of Englishmen with J-starting names.”Namely, three players from England have played for the Signal Iduna Park team – none before 2017 – and all of them have been exceptional in the yellow jersey. The curious thing is that each of the three has a name starting with the letter J.Sancho, Bellingham… Gittens.Have Dortmund got another English star on their hands ⭐️ pic.twitter.com/5FiAgQYlDr— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) September 18, 2024 It all started with Jadon Sancho, who joined the Dortmund crew back in 2017 after Man City – whose youth categories he was a member of – did not see him in the senior squad. Borussia snatched him and after a short spell with Dortmund II, Sancho became an integral part of the first team. In 2021, he moved to Man United but returned to Signal Iduna Park on loan from the Red Devils last January. In two spells with Borussia, the winger won the German Cup and Supercup and was the Champions League runner-up, making 158 appearances and recording 53 goals and 67 assists. Lewa reveals his failed transfer to Manchester UnitedFour years ago, the Germans signed a pretty unknown Birmingham City midfielder, the 17-year-old Jude Bellingham. The youngster quickly made a name for himself, becoming one of the best players of his generation. He wore the yellow jersey 132 times, won the Cup, scored 24 goals, and made one assist more before moving to Real Madrid in June 2023.3 – Jamie Bynoe-Gittens is the third Englishman to score a goal for Borussia Dortmund in the #Bundesliga following Jadon Sancho and Jude Bellingham. No other club has had as many different English goalscorers in the competition’s history. Lions. @jbgittens pic.twitter.com/nySJibMEUw— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) August 15, 2022 However, BVB ensured the streak did not stop with Bellingham by signing another Englishman, Jamie Gittens, who has “exploded” since the beginning of the current season. The 20-year-old Londoner spent his youth career at various sides in his homeland, including Reading, Chelsea, and Man City, but couldn’t find luck. Then, in 2020, he moved to the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia.Dortmund’s dreams were shattered, but one fan’s dreams came trueAfter two seasons with the youth team, Gittens was ready to join the first team. His initial couple of seasons were not particularly good, especially the previous one in which he netted only twice in 34 appearances. But the current campaign is a whole ‘nother story.11 – In his 19 competitive games this season, Jamie Gittens has already been directly involved in 11 goals (8 goals, 3 assists), as many direct goal involvements as in his first 58 competitive games for BVB in total. Fly. #BVBFCB pic.twitter.com/1RY4D8t2fB— OptaFranz (@OptaFranz) November 30, 2024 The winger has already recorded eight goals and half as many assists in 19 matches. In addition, his name was on a scoresheet against Real Madrid and Bayern Munich in the greatest derbies Dortmund have played since the beginning of the season. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8546906##For now, it seems that Borussia managed to grab another English gem, from whose transfer the club will probably earn well. And even though players from England rarely leave their homeland, these three guys have shown that if any youngster decides to try his luck outside the British Islands, Signal Iduna Park should be his initial destination. And if his name, by any chance, begins with J, he should definitely look no further than Dortmund.
