In the days before the 2021 Champions League final, there was one man seemingly busier than anyone else in the heat of Porto. Sheldon Edwards, the celebrity hairdresser, had no fewer than 16 trims to organise.
Eight players from Manchester City and eight from Chelsea. Edwards, who moved to the UK with his family from their native Jamaica in 1998, has been in serious demand for years.
Raheem Sterling and Antonio Rudiger were his two big early advocates, spreading the word among team-mates.
Edwards, whose popular salon HD Cutz in Clapham regularly welcomes high-profile Premier League stars, spends much of his time on the road or in the air.