Trent Alexander-Arnold now has no choice but to look to the future after his heartbreak of missing this summer's European Championships with a thigh injury.
After being excluded by Gareth Southgate in March, the Liverpool ace responded with a superb run of form towards the end of the season that saw him win a place in the England's final 26-man squad.
But disaster struck on Wednesday night when he was forced to hobble around the side of the pitch at the Riverside Stadium after suffering an agonising thigh injury in a warm-up game against Austria.