As the teenager who turned his back on Pep Guardiola's Manchester City, Jadon Sancho was already under intense scrutiny when he arrived at Signal Iduna Park in 2017, so the feeling was that he could have done without Borussia Dortmund quite literally placing even more pressure on his shoulders by handing him the No.7 jersey.
The winger wasn't the least bit perturbed, though. On the contrary, he said it was "a big boost" to his confidence. "Getting seven doesn't faze me," Sancho told BBC Sport five years ago. "It is about coming here and proving myself - that is why I am here."
It's also why he's going back this January.
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