But he batted away perhaps the inevitable question after his match-winning double against Newcastle.
It came after he scored his 37th Premier League goal for the Seagulls, which was a notable number for two reasons.
Firstly, he has now equalled Michael Robinson’s number of top-flight goals for the club, which had remained unmatched since he left the club for Liverpool in 1983.
Secondly, that tally of 37 is also one more than Welbeck’s combined Prem score for Manchester United (20) and Arsenal (16).
Of course, he is not all about goals, as Fabian Hurzeler was keen to point out after Toon had been vanquished.
But does that give him an even stronger argument for a late push for the World Cup?
When he is on form (which is usually interpreted as scoring goals), Welbeck tends to be linked with England and/or his first club at Old Trafford.
For example, it happened about a year ago after his winners at St James’s Park and at home to Spurs.
About that time, he was put forward to speak to media as part of an Albion tie-up with American Express in support of small businesses.
Television, radio, national press and The Argus asked him various questions and England was an obvious one so you would have seen his thoughts then.
So was United. Apparently he has been discussed behind closed doors by the top men at Old Trafford even since then.
He has said he sees United links as natural given his background, which is true enough.
The bit he does not say but might or might not think - we don't know and we wouldn't put words into his mouth - is that those links also reflect United's struggles to find a No.9 as good as him.
As for England, he knows those questions will crop up when he is doing well.
"After the weekend, it has come up again," he told BBC 5 Live's Monday Night Club last night.
It has indeed. Asked about England on Saturday, he replied: “I just control what I can control and that is playing for Brighton, week in and week out.
“Training and really enjoying myself.
“It’s nice to come here and to enjoy yourself and to compete at the highest level.”
Like England’s top man Harry Kane, Welbeck is possibly in some of the best form of his career at a fairly advanced stage.
Like Kane, he is more than a target man. He can drop in deep and link play up.
He can do his job out of possession, which could be key against the best teams in the world.
As a finisher, he can have his erratic days but he can also be a master craftsman.
Ollie Watkins started the recent friendly against Wales and he might be better than Welbeck. Or he might not be.
It is debatable either way and they offer different attributes.
Hurzeler and others have spoken about how Welbeck makes others better and fits into a group.
And then there is temperament. That ability to take one chance if one chance is all you get and the pressure is on.
“Since a kid I’ve been in the United academy and there has been pressure from day one and that is just how it is going to be until the end,” he said on Saturday.
Should Welbeck be in the England squad this time next year? No - by then the World Cup will be over and they will surely be moving on.
But right now the focus seems to be very much on the next World Cup – which is fine.
A World Cup is the pinnacle. It is once every four years. It is all that matters.
It should not be the stepping stone to anything else. Not even to the next World Cup.
Does Welbeck have a chance of being there? The first reaction is that those days are gone.
But then you look at all logical aspects, tick them off one by one, and it is not so far-fetched.
Perhaps one thing that appears to count against him is that he has not been part of Thomas Tuchel’s squad yet.
It feels like Tuchel has an idea of where he is going in terms of personnel.
But things can change. All Welbeck can do is keep showing England form.
And, if that happens, two things will follow.
Albion will be benefit on the pitch. And the talk will continue.