Angel Gomes bumped into an old mate at St George’s Park the other week. Living in northern France, thriving at Lille, there aren’t many chances to catch up with familiar faces from Manchester United.
Marcus Rashford was there, reporting for England duty as the Under 21s gathered together for this European Championship. Three years older than Gomes, he was the one academy lads looked up to, on hand for advice.
Like many others, Rashford seems somewhat surprised that Gomes – formerly one of the country’s renowned attacking midfielders as a teenager – is now operating as a deep-lying playmaker.