JUDE BELLINGHAM named fellow Englishman abroad Jamie Bynoe-Gittens as his heir-apparent to the Golden Boy award when the Real Madrid superstar won it in December. This weekend, wonderkid Bynoe-Gittens can beat his old Borussia Dortmund mucker to the most precious prize in club football when they meet in the Champions League final. Bynoe-Gittens, 19, may well be one of the most exciting young English talents that many fans in this country are unaware of.

That is because he has never played professionally for a club over here, choosing instead to go the Jadon Sancho route of joining Dortmund straight from Manchester City’s academy. A similarly tricky wideman, Bynoe-Gittens shares the same agent as Sancho and looked up to the 24-year-old as a youngster, as well as the Brazilian Ronaldo and Kylian Mbappe . The pair are of course now team-mates in the Dortmund first-team since Sancho joined on loan from Manchester United in January.

Born in Reading, Bynoe-Gittens’ initial love for football came from playing ‘Wembley’ in the primary-school playground, a game involving one goal, one goalkeeper and a whole load of individual outfield players where the aim is to score goals and have fun. He is a success story of just letting kids enjoy the sport without pressure - in an age where some parents take things way too seriously if their children show a hint of a talent. Martyn Beney coached Bynoe-Gittens as a seven-year-old at local club Caversham Trents, who also produced female st.