Sancho sets Ballon d'Or, World Cup & Champions League targets

Jadon Sancho insists winning a ‘couple’ of Ballon d’Or awards will make him feel accomplished in his footballing career.

If at all Manchester United succeed in capturing Jadon Sancho this summer, he will probably become the club’s most expensive signing, and also the most expensive English player ever.

Borussia Dortmund have reportedly slapped a €120 million price tag on the forward, who is arguably their best player.

20-year Sancho is already one of Europe’s best attackers, having scored 34 first-team goals through his spell at Dortmund. To put that into perspective, neither Cristiano Ronaldo nor Lionel Messi had scored that many when they were the same age as him.

Logic dictates that an exceedingly talented player will have big ambitions and push himself towards new challenges. And Sancho is no exception.

“If I win a couple [of Ballons d’Or], then I’ll feel like I’ve achieved what I wanted to do in this life,” he told SoccerBible.

“Obviously there’s other great goals I want to accomplish like winning the World Cup, the Champions League and all these other great things but yeah, Ballon d’Or is just like… there’s so many players in the world and to win that you would have been selected to be the best of the best.

“That feeling… Obviously I haven’t been in that situation so I don’t know what it’s like but looking at other people’s reactions when they’ve won it – it’s an emotional moment.”