Player Analysis: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens

Every season, Borussia Dortmund appear to spawn a new, exciting young player for their first-team squad. Their willingness to sign and develop teenagers and allow them to experience first-team football from a very young age is an effective tool to bolster the squad as well as making a significant profit on player sales.

In recent memory, Jadon Sancho and Jude Bellingham were both acquired from English clubs for fairly modest fees before then being sold to European giants Manchester United and Real Madrid for significantly larger fees. It appears as though Dortmund may have unearthed their next major cash cow and it’s come in the form of yet another English wonderkid: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.

Bynoe-Gittens joined Borussia Dortmund from Manchester City’s academy in 2020 with the idea of initially joining Dortmund’s youth setup before gradually becoming a part of the first-team squad as he was still just 16 years old at the time. Unfortunately, soon after joining the club, the youngster tore ligaments in his ankle, ruling him out of action for a number of months.

This temporarily halted his development and likely worried some officials at the club as to how this would affect his career trajectory, but he’s since returned and quickly established himself as a huge prospect for Dortmund. Now 18 years old, he’s an important part of Edin Terzić’s squad.