Nathan Collins is no longer Irish football’s shiny new thing, but there’s no harm in that as he strives to get back on track.
That mantle now belongs to Evan Ferguson, the 18-year-old who is taking the Premier League and, it seems, international football in his stride with the minimum of fuss.
Collins, 21, can relate to it as he was the toast of the nation last summer after scoring a goal for the ages in a four-game window where he was Ireland’s standout player.
