Five Young Midfielders To Step Into Gerrard’s England Boots, With Former Liverpool Teammate & Forgotten Man

3) Phil Jones

Predominantly a central defender, Jones has also showed reasonable ability in midfield, and could definitely do a job as a tough-tackling anchorman. Physically, he’s superb – although he has nowhere near the passing or creative ability of Gerrard. His industry and work-rate partly makes up for it, but Jones’s England future is surely at the back.