Jadon Sancho wrote a poem about his sadness when his brother or sister died. He now has the poem tattooed on his arm so that it is always there for him to look at and be inspired by.
In an interview with FourFourTwo, Sancho explained what the tattoo meant and said that his younger brother is still very much on his mind.
“All I want is to make him proud,” he said. I get ideas from him.
This part of the poem says, “You and I will stay together. You made us happy and brought us joy. You were a special baby boy.”
“I couldn’t wait for you to grow up so I could teach you football and help you win the cup.”
“But you’re not here. What should I do?” We love you, little brother.
Sancho’s grandma died not long ago, which was another sad event in his life. He dedicated his famous goal in the Revierderby against Schalke to both her and his little brother.
He also said, “That goal was for him and my grandmother, who died that week.”
“I got sad, but family is important.” To make them proud and happy, that’s why I play football.
In 2017, Sancho chose to leave Manchester City and join Dortmund for £8 million. Since then, his career has reached new heights.
This season in the Bundesliga, he has scored six goals and set up ten others. In 2018, he started his first game for England against the USA at Wembley.
“Honestly, that’s how it feels,” he said. “Everyone said I exploded in 2018.”
“This year has been the best of my life.” I would have thought you were crazy if you told me a year ago that I’d be ing you now.
“What’s with Dortmund?” The fact that young people get chances says it all. As you know, Dortmund is one of the few teams that puts so much stock in young players. They get 80,000 fans at every home game.
There were a lot of clubs interested in me, which shows how good you are, but I always felt Dortmund was the best place for me.