When interim manager Lee Carsley announces his next England squad on Thursday, there will be plenty of Aston Villa supporters looking out for the name of Morgan Rogers on the list.
The 22-year-old began 2024 playing in the Championship for Middlesbrough but, in a whirlwind nine months, he has become a mainstay of the Villa side that is competing in the Champions League and is once more stationed near the top of the Premier League table.
"That's how quickly football can change," Rogers said in an interview with The Guardian in August., external
"It is mad to know where I've got to in a short space of time but that is also what motivates me to think: 'Where can I be in another year or three years?