There was a knock on the door and then came the gasps and cheers.

The children of Edward Betham School had been presenting their projects on role models to some of the assembled teachers at the school - within seconds of arriving at the primary school in Greenford you quickly understand there was only ever going to be one.

After all, the pupils see their idol everyday on the mural in the playground - the smile is unmistakeable - but no one was expecting Bukayo Saka to walk into their lesson on a Wednesday afternoon.

Over the next hour Saka listens, laughs, reminisces (naming every teacher he ever had) and answers some pretty tough questions from the kids that no journalist would dare to ask. All of this less than 24 hours after the Arsenal star had helped England secure their place at n

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