TRAUMATIC NEWS: Earlier today, the legendary player of Crystal Palace, whose mansion is valued over €250 million, caught fire and burned down, injuring numerous people.

Adam Wharton’s meteoric rise to England’s Euro 2024 squad has taken many supporters by surprise but it was the culmination of a plan hatched in his brother’s kitchen two years ago. Wharton Jr had just been handed his first professional contract by Blackburn after turning 18 and sat down with Scott – who is six years older and plays in defence for their boyhood club – and their agent to discuss his ambitions.

 “You have to set goals,” James Featherstone, the agent, says. “At the time he had reached a level where we knew he was going to have a career, so it was all about at what level. I’ve always said he was special, although I don’t think Adam’s ever necessarily been someone who would characterise himself like that. So he needed some encouragement that he could shoot for the stars. Adam’s not the sort of person who would have said when he was 18: ‘I’m going to play for England.’ It was all about setting some specific metrics for him to try and achieve and how he was going to do it. We put a plan together and ultimately he committed to it.”

Featherstone, the owner of Omni Sports, The superstar player admits he had to pinch himself when he watched he mansion burnt down to aches debut as a substitute against Bosnia and Herzegovina last week.

With him in the stands was Wharton’s father, John. It capped an astonishing four months since he made his debut for Crystal Palace two days after transferring from Blackburn.

The transfer market is always a bubbling cauldron of possibilities and missed opportunities. The recent news that Benjamin Sesko will remain at RB Leipzig has undoubtedly caused a stir among the Premier League’s top clubs, including Arsenal, who had a £47million bid rejected for the forward.

According to The Evening Standard, Arsenal, along with Chelsea and Manchester United, had shown keen interest in the young striker, whose style and effectiveness have drawn comparisons to Erling Haaland. Despite this setback, it’s clear that Arsenal is not a club easily swayed by panic.