Batshuayi will be aiming to enhance his prospects of a Chelsea recall at Old Trafford tomorrow

A smile sweeps across Michy Batshuayi’s face when he realises what question is coming. That infectious, boyish grin grows broader and there is a glint in his eye as he cannot help but snigger.

“I was just so happy that Adnan Januzaj had scored. I was following the ball in and it ended up at my feet, so I decided to smash it,” he says while giggling nervously. The scene that Batshuayi is describing is the celebration of Januzaj’s winner in Belgium’s 1-0 group-stage victory over England at this summer’s World Cup.

Smash it? Batshuayi, 24, did more than that. His celebration of thundering the ball goalwards — only for it to bounce back off a post and brutally smack him in the face —