Rashford has performed well for the club in the short time since joining Villa, constantly breaking through defenders in the game, and this is when he has not yet fully recovered to his best condition.

Villa staff expect him to be 100% this week, and the timing is quite clever: just before Tuchel selects his first England team.

Tuchel has long been a fan of Rashford and had hoped to bring him to Paris Saint-Germain, with the German coach even envisioning a specific attacking role for him that may now be fulfilled with England.

Tuchel has been keen to tell everyone that it is all fresh start with England, but his knowledge of Rashford will help. One of the problems Rashford has faced in the England team over the past two years has been fierce competition for the striker position.