When visiting Stoke City’s bet365 Stadium, Gareth Southgate has been known to reminisce about the striker he preferred to Harry Kane in his days as England Under 21 manager.
Southgate occasionally asks Stoke executives about Saido Berahino’s progress but is usually told: ‘He needs to behave like a professional.’
The fog around Berahino has been so persistent that it is hard to remember just how sunny his career once seemed.
His first Premier League goal came aged 20 in September 2013, a winner for West Brom at Manchester United.