JADON SANCHO’S post-match interview following Borussia Dortmund’s demolition of Schalke left fans in hysterics – with claims his accent has taken on a German tinge.
Sancho is in his fourth season in Germany after joining the Bundesliga club from Manchester City as a youngster, and fans believe the stint abroad has taken its toll on his voice.
Sancho opened the scoring against Schalke to write himself in the history booksCredit: AP:Associated Press
Fans compared him to Steve McClaren, who infamously morphed his voice into a Dutch accent during his spell in charge of Twente, and Joey Barton who attempted a French accent while with Marseille.
Sancho faced the cameras with fellow Dortmund star Erling Haaland after their 4-0 victory in the Revierderby, with fans claiming the winger – who grew up in Kennington, South London – has taken on a decidedly Germanic lilt.
Twitter user Danny said: “I think being in Germany he made Sancho have a German accent!”
AdamUnitedRed added: “He’s defo [sic] faking it. He will sound British again once he comes to United.”
While Mark Handforth joked: “I think he’s suffering from Barton McClaren Syndrome.”
However, some other observers stuck up for Sancho, with BrutusLonginus posting: “This is funny but it’s also troubling the amount of people that don’t realise accent change like this is a genuine phenomenon that occurs without any concious actions when a person is submerged in other another language.”
Former England boss McClaren is the most famous case of accent-changing, with a video interview early into his reign at Dutch side FC Twente going viral and earning him the cruel nickname ‘Schteeve’.
And former Premier League bad boy Joey Barton raised eyebrows in a press conference during his spell at Marseille by speaking English with a French inflection, leading fans to liken him to a character in legendary sitcom Allo Allo.
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Sky Sports presenter Jim White said at the time: “I think Joey thinks by talking like that by going up at the end of every sentence and doing the shoulder bit he is actually speaking French. But Joey, you’re actually not.”
Sancho became the youngest player to ever hit 35 goals in the Bundesliga with his opener in Dortmund’s 4-0 win.
He turned provider for an acrobatic effort from Haaland to double the lead before Raphael Guerreiro and Haaland again piled the misery on Schalke.
However, the England man’s days in Dortmund could be numbered with the German side desperate to keep on to Haaland but also needing to offload players to recoup funds lost from the coronavirus pandemic.
According to German paper Bild, Dortmund are willing to listen to offers of around £104million for Sancho, with Manchester United sure to be in prime position to seal a deal for the player they let slip through their fingers last summer.
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