Jadon Sancho and Reiss Nelson prove that English clubs have overtaken Bundesliga teams in youth production – Zorc

The English teams have outgrown German clubs in producing young players, said Borussia Dortmund's sports director Michael Zorc.

While the former Manchester City youth, Jadon Sancho, continues to shine brightly with leaders of the Arsenal Bundesliga, Dortmund and Reiss Nelson, enjoying a credit of over $ 200,000. borrowed from Hoffenheim, the German club has become an attractive league for young private English players Premier league.

Emile Smith Rowe is the latest to join a German team when he was loaned by Arsenal to RB Leipzig in January, while Bayern Munich is targeting Callum Hudson-Odoi, frustrated by the lack of playing time at Chelsea.

Zorc believes that the influx of English players heading for Germany marks a turnaround of roles, as only a few years ago, the flow of transfers went in the opposite direction.

"Let's go back five or ten years … there was a time when English clubs recruited German players," he said. The Guardian. "There has been a lot of talk here:" It's all about money, you know, it's too early to go from Germany to England. "But in the meantime, we feel that the education and development of young players in English academies is very good, to be honest.

"The teams do not only spend a lot of money on transfers or salaries, but also on infrastructure.When you see these youth academies, like Man City, you can not compare them with the German standard." is much higher, much higher. "

Aged 56, he believes that English teams have found a lucrative business in the sale of young players before even being established in the first team.

"It seems to me that this looks like a business model for them because even if they do not succeed in their own teams, they sell them at higher prices," he added. "I just read a figure from Man City, I think they've sold young players for more than 150 million euros over the last three or five years." You can also recognize it in the results. You know that English teams reach under 17, under 19 [finals] compared to the Germans. It seems to me that they have exceeded us. "

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The director fears that German football will slip more than in many other nations, his club relying on foreign talents like Sancho, Ousmane Dembele and Christian Pulisic.

"At the moment, we do not have this absolute quality in German youth," he said. Kicker.

"Unfortunately, I have the impression that German football is pbaded to the left and to the right.As for young people aged 17 to 21, we just do not do well in international comparisons, like this was the case a few years ago. "