ONE of the positives of Angel Gomes' presence for England is that he's not yet been hyped up.
If you had to fire up a popular search engine when the midfielder was called up for his senior debut last month, you were not alone. Far from it.
After all, who tunes in to watch Lille week in, week out? Manchester United fans probably remember him from his prodigy years, but those were a good while ago.
And while he played a key role in the successful Under-21 generation, only the most ardent of England followers closely monitor the juniors.
He is no billboard player, no marquee figure, no commercial phenomenon, no Jude Bellingham, no Cole Palmer, no Phil Foden.
And Gomes is no fledgling, having turned 24 in August.
But he is what every team needs a selfless conduit between defence and attack.
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