With a professional career that is now into its sixth decade, Kevin Reeves knows a player when he sees one. So when the former Manchester City and England forward, in his role as chief scout at Wigan Athletic in 2013, said he'd seen a young Barnsley defender that would play for England, his bosses did not need any more convincing.
The Premier League strugglers thought they had landed the prospect in the January window, only for Roberto Martinez and assistant Graeme Jones to be left waiting at the DW Stadium to welcome the signing as he drove instead to Finch Farm to sign for Everton.
And while his change of heart may have cost him an FA Cup medal that year, it very quickly looked a wise decision. Instead of being thrust straight back
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