Why young England players are looking to Europe

Instead of waiting for the Premier League to back homegrown quotas for clubs, some of the country's finest young places are going abroad to prove themselves

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Lord Ouseley

AT THE end of September at the Rhein Neckar Arena, Hoffenheim were playing Borussia Dortmund in the top flight of the German league.

The game finished in a 1-1 draw but the significance of the game wasn’t restricted to the Bundesliga.

On the home bench that day wearing the number 9 shirt, was 18 –year- old Londoner Reiss Nelson, on loan from Arsenal. On the Dortmund bench, his childhood friend Jadon Sancho, also 18, who was once on the books at Watford and Manchester City.

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