Jadon Sancho explains why he left Man City as Fernandinho offers dressing room insight
Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Friday, March 11.
Jadon Sancho has revealed former Borussia Dortmund teammate Christian Pulisic played a key role in his decision to leave Manchester City.
Sancho joined the City academy from Watford in 2015. After little more than two years at the Etihad Stadium, he then made the move to the Bundesliga as he signed for Dortmund in the summer of 2017.
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It was in the German top-flight where Sancho really made a name for himself, with his astonishing haul of 50 goals and 64 assists in just 137 matches seeing him linked with some of the biggest clubs in Europe. Having been courted by Manchester United for a number of years, he eventually made the move to Old Trafford last summer, and he's now revealed why he decided to move to Dortmund from City.
Read more from Sancho here.
City are in a good place going into the most important part of the season, according to Fernandinho.
Pep Guardiola's side sit top of the Premier League table with 10 games to go and are in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup and Champions League, leaving an unlikely treble still in play as they approach the final two months of the campaign. City also know that there are fierce competitors also gunning for those trophies though and it would be a mistake to assume success in any of them.
Fernandinho impressed again as he came in for Rodri for the second leg of their last-16 tie with Sporting in midweek, showing that he still has plenty to offer on the pitch on top of his excellent contributions as club captain. Guardiola was full of praise recently for the veteran's humility given he is getting
