... The South Londoner, 21, who grew up in the Guinness Trust Building tenement block on the tough Kennington estate and came to Old Trafford via youth football at Watford and Manchester City before 137 games for Borussia Dortmund, was the one United coveted. ...
... Sancho and his mates would be there every night after school, playing five v five and practising tricks. They prized nutmegging opponents rather than scoring goals, these street footballers from South London’s football factory. Sancho was playing with kids twice his age when he was five and two of the others, Reiss Nelson and Ian Carlo Poveda, who also went to Manchester City, progressed through a team run in Kennington Park by Poveda’s Spanish father called Latin FC. Their coach encouraged them to play with both feet and was serious about ball control. ...
... Sancho wanted to do his brother proud. He did. He stood out in games and was on Watford’s books from the age of seven having been spotted in a development centre in Battersea Park. He went to board at Watford’s partner school, Harefield Academy, and while it took him away from some of the negative influences in Kennington, he hated it. He was at Watford until 14 when City signed him and now he is back in Manchester. ...
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