Sat waiting by the phone for Sarina Wiegman’s call, Lotte Wubben-Moy’s nerves faded as she realised there was nothing more she could do.
She had given everything to be in the England manager’s 23-player World Cup squad so worrying whether it would be good or bad news was futile.
‘I just thought, me eating my granola isn’t going to change Sarina’s decision,’ Wubben-Moy tells Mail Sport.
Limited game time at Arsenal meant the defender was in and out of England camps throughout the year and, crucially, she missed out on selection for the final squad before Wiegman picked her World Cup group.