On July 11, 2021 the treatment of Bukayo Saka, Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho from racists among their own England fans shamed this country after the Euros.
Seventeen months on Saka has shown just how much he has benefited from the support of Gareth Southgate, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta and the majority of the Three Lions fanbase.
How fitting that he and Rashford - along with another two Black players in Raheem Sterling and Jude Bellingham - would score in England’s very next game in a major tournament to get our World Cup campaign off to such an explosive start. Supporters across the land put tribal loyalties to one side last year to wrap a collective arm around Saka, Rashford and Sancho.
