“Sancho is a player who has everything. He has fantastic speed, great technique, a good eye for his colleagues, and that key pass. Everything he does, he pulls off at high speed at the right moment. For me, he is a perfect player. The ability he has is instinctive, natural. You cannot teach that brilliance.”

German football pundit and former player and manager

Lothar Matthaus is a German former professional footballer, manager and pundit. He is best known for captaining West Germany to victory at the 1990 FIFA World Cup, and for winning the Ballon d'Or. In 1991, Matthaus became the first FIFA World Player of the Year, and he remains the only German to have won the award. He was later included in the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020, recognition of a long career at the top level of the game.