Jadon Sancho ruled OUT of Champions League second leg against former club Manchester City with Borussia Dortmund star still recovering from thigh problem which has sidelined him for over a month
- Jadon Sancho will not feature against Manchester City on Wednesday evening
- The Borussia Dortmund star has been struggling with a thigh problem
- He returned to training this week but Wednesday’s match comes too soon
Jadon Sancho has been ruled out of Borussia Dortmund’s Champions League quarter-final second leg against his former club Manchester City.
The England international has been out of action for a month due to a thigh injury but underwent an individual session at the club’s Brackel training centre on Sunday.
The 21-year-old is making progress in his recovery but Wednesday’s match comes too soon.
Jadon Sancho has been ruled out of Borussia Dortmund’s second leg with Manchester City
Dortmund interim coach Edin Terzic said: ‘Jadon won’t be at our disposal. He trained again, he is doing his best, we would like to have him available but he won’t be. We have to take our time with him.’
The German giants trail City 2-1 from the quarter-final first leg on April 6 and will be hoping to overturn that deficit on Wednesday night.
The 21-year-old missed the defeat by City in the first leg last week and was also unavailable for England’s 2022 World Cup qualifiers against San Marino, Albania and Poland during the international break.
There was hope that the winger could return to face his former club this week after Dortmund released a video of Sancho training on Sunday.
Sancho has been out of action for a month due to a muscle injury but is nearing full-fitness now
Sancho came through the ranks at City before leaving for Dortmund in 2017, aged just 17
Sancho, a product of City’s academy, rejected a new contract at the Premier League club when he was 17 to join Dortmund in 2017.
However, no comeback will be on the cards. Dortmund’s No 7 has not played for the Bundesliga side since their German Cup quarter-final win over Borussia Monchengladbach on March 2.
He has racked up 12 goals and 16 assists in all competitions following his total of 20 of each last season.