Aston Villa has ended a 44-year drought without a European trophy - and they did it with a 3-0 in the Europa League final against Freiburg. The Germans came with a plan, left with three goals in the net and the feeling that there was nothing they could do against Unai Emery's side.

The main conversation after the game wasn't about tactics, but about one player. Morgan Rogers, at 23, scored a goal and assisted on the first - a precise cross to Youri Tielemans that opened the match. According to the statistics, that makes him the youngest Englishman to score a goal in the final of a major European competition in the last 25 years. Not a bad line for the biography.

Now comes the interesting part. On Friday Thomas Tuchel announces England's squad for the World Cup, and Rogers is practically locked into the squad. The question isn't whether he'll be in the frame - but whether he'll start. The competition for the position behind the striker is fierce: Jude Bellingham, Cole Palmer, Eberechi Eze, Phil Foden. All with star status, all afraid of the bench.

But the reality is that Rogers had the most consistent season of any of them - and not only on paper. A goal in Villa's 4-2 win over Liverpool, a performance in the Europa League final when the net has to ripple. Tuchel has a choice: go with the big names and hide behind them if things go wrong, or take a risk with a player in form and maybe get something more than expected.

At the World Cup, England always shows up with a full case of stars and empty hands. Maybe now is the moment to try something else - to play with the ones who, at this moment, not only have the name but are also working for it.