With a career at his boyhood club Manchester United, a salary of £200,000 a week, a lucrative sponsorship deal with Nike and an MBE at the age of 24, Marcus Rashford has every reason to be cheerful.
So, what’s wrong? What’s eating Rashford? Why does one of the most popular and talked-about young men in the country look like he has the weight of the world on his shoulders right now?
When he was substituted towards the end of United’s FA Cup win over Aston Villa on Monday, Rashford took his seat in the dugout and wore the thousand-yard stare of a man who is utterly lost.