Konak, born in Batman, came through the youth system of his local club, before moving to Sivasspor in 2018.

Turning professional this season, he has started 17 games and played 1,329 minutes in the Turkish top flight - more than any other teenager - as well as registering one assist.

The midfielder ranks joint-second in the Süper Lig for tackles won this term with 44, and he is also joint-sixth for interceptions made (31), highlighting his defensive nous.

But the other side of Konak’s game can also be highlighted by the numbers: he has played more accurate long balls (52) than any of his team-mates and, of those to play more than 200 league minutes for Sivasspor, no player has a better pass completion rate than Konak (86 per cent) this campaign.

Last year, Konak was named as one of “the 60 best young talents of world football born in 2006” by The Guardian.