The 23-year-old midfielder secured a medal when he was an unused substitute in his then-club Manchester City's 2023 victory over Inter Milan but he doesn't feel he deserved it because he wasn't involved in the game.

He told The Times Sport: “I always say, I don’t feel like a Champions League winner, if I’m being honest. It doesn’t really mean anything to me.

“People say it, but I weren’t involved. Obviously I played in the group [stage] and stuff like that, but it’s not the same, is it?”

Cole came off the bench in the Euro 2024 final and scored to take England to a 1-1 draw, only for Spain to score the winner, and he tried not to think about the sense of occasion in order to maintain his composure.

He said: “I was just getting ready to come on like all the other games I came on, try and make an impact. I thought, ‘It’s the final, the last game, we’re losing, I’ve got nothing to lose.’

"Well, we did, the biggest game of our career, but you know what I mean. So, yeah, that’s what I was trying to do."

Asked if his strength is being able to stay in the moment, he added: “Yeah, I think so. An occasion like that [the Euros final], if you think about it, it might get the better of you. So I just try not to.”