Wunderkind Jadon Sancho has officially returned to training with Borussia Dortmund as news of German football edging closer to a return following the coronavirus shutdown has begun to set ablaze beacons of lights heralding the great news.
The young England international was pictured on the training pitch engaged in light ball work while prudently maintaining a safe distance from his Dortmund teammates on Monday.
The German top-flight is expected to be the first major European league to return this month with Bundesliga chiefs proposing a restart date of May 16.
Dortmund had recently confirmed on Monday all members of their playing squad and staff had tested negative for Covid-19 with ‘further tests to follow’.
Manchester United have been ardently hopeful of bringing Sancho back to English football ahead of the 2020-21 season although Ed Woodward admitted last week that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s transfer budget was set to be hit by the pandemic fall out.
Sancho remains the prized bull United is gunning for but may be compelled to look elseqhere if Dortmund were to stick uncompromisingly to their asking price of £100million. Still these are unprecedented tough times financially for even the world’s top-flight clubs, so who knows what’s the price of a truly great bargain?