One is happy to be proven wrong in this industry and Lisandro Martinez has defied just about every doubter.
When the Premier League is halted for the World Cup and teams of the season are submitted, Martinez would be worthy of inclusion, along with Raphael Varane or William Saliba of Arsenal.
Martinez's Manchester United career is still in its infancy and he is already a cult hero. The image of him clambering over stewards to grapple jubilantly with a fan in the Shed End on Saturday ensured he was booked by the killjoy referee Stuart Attwell.