ENGLAND'S record when picking 'bolters' in their squad for major tournaments is shabbier than breakfast the morning after a stag night.
And Jadon Sancho's resurgent form, on his second coming at Borussia Dortmund, may yet turn out to be a mirage in the desert.
But if the Manchester United outcast continues to be energised by the famous Yellow Wall of noise, Gareth Southgate will have to wrestle with a familiar dilemma: Flavour of the month from the specials board or staying a la carte? The last of Sancho's 23 England caps came back in October 2021 - against Andorra (right, with Bukayo three months after Saka) the £73million move to
United that he called a "dream - come true".
Instead of a marquee signing, he turned out to be an auxiliary bell-tent in the Old Trafford campsite, as Cristiano Ronaldo's encore commanded the limelight before Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's reign petered out.
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