Borussia Dortmund's Jadon Sancho earns new long-term contract

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Jadon Sancho has committed his future to Borussia Dortmund by signing a new contract with the Bundesliga leaders until 2022.

Sancho, 18, joined Dortmund from Manchester City in August 2017 and took the No. 7 shirt that was vacated by Ousmane Dembele who left for Barcelona in a deal worth more than €100 million.

His excellent form this season, that has seen him set up five goals and score one in only 120 minutes of football, led Dortmund sporting director Michael Zorc to compare the English...