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He is the best player not to have been picked for England this season.

Jarrod Bowen, however, is more focused on finishing yet another special season under David Moyes with team success.

Nobody would have predicted a top-six Premier League finish or a shock Europa League semi-final place for West Ham last August. Bowen’s goals and all-round play have been key to both.

The former Hull striker has exploded onto the scene to such an extent that widespread surprise greeted his omission from Gareth Southgate’s England squad to face Switzerland and the Ivory Coast last month. That will surely change if the 25-year-old adds to his 15 goals this season to help the Hammers past Eintracht Frankfurt.

Although some see the Germans as an easier obstacle than mighty Barcelona - the team Frankfurt beat in the last eight - Bowen is not among them.

“I think it would be disrespectful to say that we wanted to play Barcelona,” he said, “especially after Frankfurt beat them at the Nou Camp. We can’t take them lightly at all. They are there to be feared but I think we are as well. Especially when you look at the results we’ve had knocking out Sevilla and Lyon.”

Not that Bowen takes his