The 32-team, one-month summer extravaganza that is the new Fifa Club World Cup is less than one year away, although this seismic change to the football calendar is still without some of the key elements one might regard as key to successful tournaments.
In the Cologne Stadium, after the goalless draw against Slovenia, after the beer cups were thrown at him, after the criticism again came in waves, there was a telling statement from Gareth Southgate.
Teenage forward inching closer to move to Stamford Bridge