To see footage of Bukayo Saka asking for a selfie with David Beckham at the England training camp was to be reminded of the esteem in which he is held by generations of footballers that have followed him.
To say the younger players in Gareth Southgate’s squad were in awe would not be too much of an understatement.
Understandably so. He won 115 England caps, was a good captain - not ‘great’ as Harry Kane suggested - and scored in three World Cups. And he also set a new commercial benchmark for successful, high-profile footballers.
