Soon there will be talk about how West Ham could potentially win the World Cup again, but first, Chesney Hawkes is coming to terms with being England’s lucky charm.
A week in the life of a pop star rarely follows a conventional schedule, but, as Hawkes tells Sportsmail over Zoom from the back of a taxi in London, this one has even left him pinching himself.
Just how did he finish a gig in Edinburgh on Sunday and end up in Doha 48 hours later leading a mass sing-a-long of his classic The One and Only, forming a bond with Declan Rice and rubbing shoulders with Gareth Southgate’s squad, who now want to him to return to perform for them?