Everyone Is Raving About Jadon Sancho's Highlights For England U17's

England got their Under-17 World Cup campaign off to a flying start this afternoon with a win over Chile, and there is absolutely no doubting that Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho stole the show.

The 17-year-old scored twice and added an assist as Steve Cooper's youthful side easily saw off their South American counterparts in the searing Kolkata heat, and now look strong favourites to make the knockout stages.

Just in case you're not familiar with Sancho, he's been on the radar of string of top clubs for several years now after his glowing performances for Manchester City's academy squads.

He reportedly turned down an extremely lucrative senior contract with Pep Guardiola's side to sign for German giants Borussia Dortmund last summer, and it certainly looks like the Bundesliga club have nabbed a real gem:

Here are some Twitter reactions from Sancho's special display against Chile:

England's U17 squad would certainly give Gareth Southgate's first team a run for their money at this rate.

The future looks bright.

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Topics: England

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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