If Jude Bellingham needs a final sales pitch before he finds himself at the centre of a £150 million transfer scramble this summer, then England boss Gareth Southgate is his man.
At the age of 19, the midfielder has become as indispensable to his country as he is to Borussia Dortmund.
Bellingham has been playing through the pain of bursitis for the last month - and his left knee will once again be strapped when England face Ukraine at Wembley.