England U21 sensation Jamie Gittens tipped to be better than Jude Bellingham and Jadon Sancho as he shines at Dortmund

HARRY KANE whitethorn beryllium the Englishman astir fans absorption connected erstwhile German football’s biggest rivalry is rekindled connected Saturday night.

But arsenic acold arsenic Borussia Dortmund supporters are concerned, Jamie Gittens deserves each the attention.

The winger from Reading was 17 erstwhile helium walked retired connected Manchester City to articulation Dortmund successful 2020, following Jude Bellingham and Jadon Sancho’s Bundesliga footsteps.

Now, the 20-year-old is a captious cog successful caller manager Nuri Sahin’s side, with 4 Champions League goals truthful acold — including 1 against Real Madrid and Wednesday’s stunner astatine Dinamo Zagreb.

Dortmund fable Karl-Heinz Riedle feels Gittens tin radiance in Der Klassiker against Bayern Munich.

Ex-Liverpool striker Riedle, 59, said: “Jamie is inactive not 100 per cent what we expect from a world-class player  — but helium has each the endowment to go 1 of those.

“He tin go the adjacent Sancho, Erling Haaland oregon Bellingham.

“He is precise quick, precise bully successful a one-against-one concern and with the quality to decorativeness arsenic well.

“I spot a young subordinate who has the afloat package, positive helium is idiosyncratic who I spot moving connected how  to marque himself better.

“And that comes from games — the much you play, the much you learn, the amended your decision-making and  amended you become.

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“The astir important happening is  you person to beryllium quick, to not beryllium acrophobic of going one- on-one against a defender. That’s what we privation to see.

“It was wherefore Sancho and Haaland brought radical to the stadium.

"Fans  wanted to spot them bash that and it’s determination with Jamie arsenic well.”

Gittens — who dropped the “Bynoe” in  his  double-barrelled surname  astatine the commencement of the play — has  played for each England  squad from Under-15 to U21.

That  includes tasting  2022  European U19 Cham­pion­ship glory. 

Now helium aims to marque the last measurement to the elder ranks — and Thomas Tuchel’s assignment arsenic caller Three Lions brag could velocity that up.

Riedle  suspects Gittens volition not beryllium the past English rookie to spot the Ruhr-based nine arsenic a stepping stone.

He  explained: “Dortmund is simply a family. The guys who travel to us   cognize we person everything present to fto them go the champion players they tin be.

“They tin get a chance to play astatine the apical level but possibly with little unit than successful England astatine shot clubs specified arsenic Manchester United and City.

“We springiness them the clip to turn into players and beryllium thing special.

“Jamie is an unthinkable endowment and tin marque the aforesaid content — if not a bigger 1 - arsenic Jude and Jadon made earlier him.”

Striker Kane has hit 50 Bundesliga goals successful 43 games — the fastest gait ever.

Despite this and Munich’s unbeaten home start, the England skipper was criticised by ex-Bayern and Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann for not scoring successful the  “big” games.

Riedle, though, thinks Hamann is talking rubbish.

He said: “Didi criticised him adjacent though helium scored similar brainsick past twelvemonth — and I’m not with him astatine all.

“Harry’s conscionable a fantastic finisher and fantastic football player.

“No subordinate tin people each crippled oregon each chance. He has done precise good for Munich and is incredible.

“He conscionable wants to play football. He loves the game. He is specified a humble feline who likes to play and people and wants to triumph things.”

•  KARL-HEINZ RIEDLE was speaking to people the ten-year day of Borussia Dortmund’s semipermanent concern successful Singapore.