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England starlet Jadon Sancho is at the centre of a tug-of-war between Borussia Dortmund and the FA.

Dortmund are trying to block the FA's bid to take Sancho to next month's under-17 World Cup in India after he was initially included in Steve Cooper's 21-man squad.

England qualified for the tournament after reaching the final of European Championships in Croatia at the end of last season.

Forward Sancho, 17, was the Young Lions star man and named player of the tournament for runners-up England and would be a key to their hopes of glory in India.

But since then Sancho has made a £10m move to Dortmund from Manchester City and his new club claim he is not yet up to speed and fit enough to go to the championships having only joined them on deadline day.

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Dortmund would also rather he remained in Germany as his Bundesliga registration came through last week and they want to integrate him into their first team setup.

Sancho is keen to be involved in the tournament but currently having to accept Dortmund's stance.

The Young Lions have travelled to Mumbai for a pre-tournament training camp where they will face New Zealand this Sunday before their tournament opener against Chile a week later.

But, with Dortmund and the FA currently locked in an unresolved battle, Sancho won't be among the players meeting up ahead of the World Cup.