Real Madrid and Barcelona don't settle for second best when it comes to box office moves in the transfer market, so given that England reached the World Cup semifinals during the summer and the Premier League is the biggest league in the world, surely any Englishman flourishing in his domestic competition would be a contender for a move to the Santiago Bernabeu or Camp Nou, right?
But as Gareth Southgate's men prepare to face Spain in Seville on Monday night, the reality is that only Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling would prompt Spain's two biggest clubs to send their scouts down to the Estadio Benito Villamarin.