There are occasions when Kelechi Iheanacho lets his mind drift back to his childhood in Obogwe, Nigeria. Simpler times, easier times.
Times free of the pressures and demands of professional sport. Times when goals were not everything. Times when his mother, Mercy, was still alive.
‘I loved that part of my life so much,’ says Iheanacho. ‘I wish I can bring it back but it can’t come back again, it is gone. I loved playing football since I was a kid. I loved kicking the ball around, playing with my friends, with my brother.
‘I’m doing really well here now and I am really settled in England.