One of Jamal Musiala's former coaches has revealed why the Bayern Munich star rejected England to play for Germany.
Musiala had represented England at youth level while he was still playing in the Chelsea academy.
However, the attacking midfielder left Chelsea in 2019 and completed a move to German giants Bayern, where he has since risen to prominence.
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Musiala's former school coach Andre Martin reveals England was his initial choice but was swayed by Bayern.
"It was always going to be England," Martin told the Sun.
"I vividly remember having conversations with him and his dad (Daniel Richard). Jamal played for both countries at Under-15s and the report back was that he preferred England. He felt more at home there, he played for Chelsea and there were other Chelsea boys in the England squad, and he knew others from playing on the academy circuit.
"But sadly for English football, at 16 Jamal decided not to sign for Chelsea and moved to Bayern Munich. I know that that shifted it all, they put it completely the other way. He was playing for Bayern, he was on the academy circuit there.
"Bayern made a clear pathway. I remember at the time Jamal went to meet Jogi Low and the academy director at Bayern. They made a clear pathway of how he would get into the Bayern first team and the German first team.
"I think once you meet the first-team manager as a 16-17-year-old, I think your decision is made for you. That's pretty impressive that they made the time to do that.
"He wanted it to be England but then it was the move to Germany that swayed everything, with the help of Low and the help of the Bayern set-up. They made a clear pathway for him and a year later he was playing in the Bayern first team."