Thomas Muller has refuted any suggestion that Germany 'stole' Jamal Musiala from England, with the teenager's Bayern Munich team-mate joking that he found “no English blood in there” when international allegiance was pledged to Die Mannschaft.
A battle for the right to call upon one of the hottest prospects in world football raged between two arch-rivals when it became clear that a big future call had to be made.
Musiala had represented the Three Lions at youth level, having grown up in London and spent time with Chelsea, but has opted to turn out for the land of his birth at senior level and has now made his competitive bow for Joachim Low’s side.