As they walked back to the halfway line after a celebration that involved a corner flag, James Maddison and Bukayo Saka looked up to one of Wembley’s big screens.
And as it beamed out the beauty from Bukayo, Maddison turned to the Arsenal attacker and just laughed, presumably amused at just how good this kid is. Over the past couple of years, no young English player has progressed quite as spectacularly as Saka has.
Not yet 22 years of age, Saka has been the inspirational spearhead of Arsenal’s slightly unlikely title march and he has been as influential for his national team as any other England player has. And that includes Harry Kane, the beneficiary of a left-footed delivery that has become Saka’s curling, fizzing trademark.
