[Devongone]

I'm sure you're right. If perhaps you'd outlined a special plan early on for him to become a first teamer in a promotion chasing Wednesday at say 18 he'd have seen ambition and a future to match whatever colleagues in England U-17 were offered. If that had involved a plan for a loan to Div 1 or 2 for game time at 17 he would have seen a pathway and big money on his horizon.

Trouble is age-group caps put you alongside youngsters from top Premier clubs and they are bound to say, "you ought to be playing for us ……." You needed to have his future mapped out before those potential influences could distract him. There are big advantages to being the best player at Wednesday and getting Championship game time over struggling to keep making the cut at Chelsea or Man City.