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Stoke City striker Saido Berahino last scored 583 days ago following penalty miss during Southampton victory

In 2010, England’s kit sponsors Umbro perceived Saido Berahino to be the future of football in this country. As a 17-year-old, he shared the stage for a promotional photo-shoot with Wayne Rooney, Theo Walcott and Eric Dier.

As a young hopeful, the 2018 World Cup in Russia would have been a key objective. Yet as England manager Gareth Southgate watched on here, Berahino, still only 24, is barely a footnote to the national discussion.

His turmoil becomes more acute by the week. He has encountered discipline problems, accusations of poor fitness, an eight-week ban for recreational drug use and now the mother of all goal-scoring slumps.