For a long time, Sone Aluko was not even the best footballer in his immediate family, let alone in a football team.

Older sister Eniola Aluko used to upstage her kid brother on the pitch before his formative teenage years saw him improve rapidly. But in many ways Chelsea star Eniola, 29, has outshone Sone her whole career, having earned 90 caps for England and won a host of team and individual honours, including the FA WSL golden boot for 2016.

Sone has by no means a bad CV to his name, having won two promotions to the Premier League with Hull and seven caps for Nigeria. But his inspirational elder sibling, who is also a quali ed lawyer, continues to drive him on to achieve more.

Aluko told SunSport: “I’m her biggest fan and I’m sure she’s mine.