Roberto Martinez made it very clear when asked about any designs that Romelu Lukaku might have on the golden boot at Russia 2018 that his priorities should lay elsewhere and while you could see what Belgium’s perennially-earnest coach was getting at, there is no question which direction his striker is going.

Sooner or later, with all nods to form and fitness, the expectation is that Lukaku will be a record-breaking goalscorer at international level if he maintains a current strike rate that is, all told, nothing short of extraordinary.

At 25, the Belgium striker who faces Tunisia in the other second round game in England’s group on Saturday has 38 international goals in 70 caps for his country.

It is a record that does not just bear comparison with the great sharpshooters of the modern age, it blows them through the saloon bar doors.