New faces, new names, new season but some Bundesliga things never change | Andy Brassell

That’s right, the name is truncated too. It’s now Gittens on the back of the shirt rather than Bynoe-Gittens. After a summer discussion with his father, Jamie decided it would simply be “easier to pronounce” and Sahin feels at the dawn of the new era his game is becoming leaner, less florid, more effective. The two goals Gittens scored as a substitute to beat Eintracht Frankfurt in the match’s final quarter were an exercise in high-end efficiency and a full, firm declaration of a talent that has often felt within touching distance since the England under-21 winger arrived from Manchester City in 2020. It has often been just out of reach.