The former Portsmouth man who helped make Bayern Munich's Alphonso Davies one of world's hottest properties

And Alphonso Davies has a man who once plied his trade at Fratton Park to thank for helping him to the pinnacle of the game, where he currently resides.

The Canadian speedster became a Champions League at the age of just 19 on Sunday night, when he helped Bayern Munich to victory over Paris St Germain.

The victory sees Davies in the top 10 youngest-ever players to win Europe’s showpiece club competition, and follows on from the left-sided player becoming the second youngest player to appear in the MLS when he was given his debut for the Vancouver Whitecaps at the age of 15 years and 257 days.

And it was former Pompey midfielder Carl Robinson who gave Davies that landmark outing back in 2016.

Robinson helped oversee Davies’ emergence and played a key role in his becoming one of the game’s brightest young things, eventually prompting his move to the Bundesliga for a MLS record $22m deal two years ago.

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