Man United exile Jadon Sancho becomes highest-scoring English player in Bundesliga history – but how long until Harry Kane overtakes him after stellar debut season at Bayern Munich?

Jadon Sancho became the highest-scoring English player in Bundesliga history with a wonder strike in Borussia Dortmund’s 4-1 defeat by RB Leipzig on Saturday. 

The Manchester United loanee rejoined the club in January after being exiled by Erik ten Hag and has begun to replicate the form that earned him a £73million move to the Red Devils in 2021. 

Sancho took his tally in the German top-flight to 40 with a delightful curling effort into the top corner after only 20 minutes of the clash. 

The effort took him one past the record of former Nottingham Forest and Arsenal winger Tony Woodcock, who made made 155 appearances for Koln across two spells in the 1970s and 80s. 

Though, the 24-year-old is unlikely to hold onto the achievement for very long with Harry Kane hot on his heels after a remarkable debut campaign for Bayern Munich. 

Harry Kane extended his lead at the top of the Bundesliga goalscoring charts with his 35th of the season

The England captain grabbed a brace in a 2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt to take him to 35 goals in only 31 Bundesliga games this season. 

By contrast, Sancho has racked up his total in 116 games for the Champions League semi-finalists. 

Earlier this month, Ten Hag spoke on the winger’s future at United, saying nothing has changed despite his progress Dortmund.

His banishment from the United first team came after falling out with the Dutch manager over a social media post earlier this season. Sancho was made to train on his own for four months before returning to the Signal Iduna Park.

But asked how that might affect a possible return to United next season, Ten Hag hinted strongly that the player’s refusal to apologise for the post criticising his manager was the main sticking point rather than his form.

Jude Bellingham is the fifth highest English scorer in Bundesliga history with 12 goals during his time with Dortmund

Asked if anything has changed over the winger’s situation, the United boss replied: ‘No, but we know Jadon Sancho is a fantastic football player, so that is not a surprise for us, that is not the issue.’

Sacho, Kane and Woodcock are joined the top-five English Bundesliga scorers by Real Madrid star Jude Bellingham and two-time Balon d’or winner Kevin Keegan, who netted 12 and 32 times for Hamburg and Dortmund respectively.