boyhood

But Milan - his boyhood club, where he has been since age seven - have done well to shield him from the spotlight.

But, being a boyhood Blue, Hatton might have preferred to say that he brought the city together.

"Playing against your boyhood club in the Champions League? It doesn't get any better than that," he said.

He relives the period of his boyhood when his abuela was there to greet him after school and impart to him the cultural heritage he was living apart from.

It was a vital contribution from the academy graduate as he fights for his future at his boyhood club.