Gary Neville tips Premier League midfielder to make surprise England return

Former England manager Gary Neville thinks the Three Lions could payment from a midfielder similar Leicester City's Harry Winks, who is susceptible of dictating play from deep

Leicester City midfielder Harry Winks has what it takes to unit his mode into Thomas Tuchel’s archetypal England squad, according to Gary Neville.

Winks has 10 caps and 1 extremity for the Three Lions but has not played for the nationalist squad since 2020. The 28-year-old near boyhood nine Tottenham for Leicester successful a £10million transportation successful the summertime of 2023 and the gamble of dropping down a part paid off.

He played a cardinal relation successful helping the Foxes bounce consecutive backmost to the Premier League, starring successful Enzo Maresca’s midfield arsenic they won the Championship title. Winks has continued to diagnostic prominently for Steve Cooper this play and caught the oculus of Neville connected Friday night.

Although Leicester were beaten 3-1 by Nottingham Forest successful beforehand of the Sky Sports cameras, Winks was astatine the bosom of a superb determination for Jamie Vardy’s goal. The ex-Spurs midfielder started the determination astatine the basal of midfield earlier exchanging passes down the near transmission and putting a cleanable transverse successful for Vardy to prod location to marque it 1-1.

Ultimately it was Chris Wood who took the headlines, scoring doubly to determination Forest up to 5th successful the Premier League. But Neville felt compelled to praise Winks aft the full-time whistle.

“He was perfectly outstanding – this typified his archetypal half,” Neville said connected Sky Sports portion watching the replay of Leicester’s goal. “A small walk astir the corner… Harry Winks is simply a subordinate who you deliberation could play astatine planetary level.

“I cognize helium has played astatine planetary level, but I look astatine him and deliberation England deficiency a subordinate who tin get america playing. And helium is precise bully astatine that. He mightiness beryllium amended suited to planetary shot really than nine football.”

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Neville did connection immoderate constructive disapproval however, believing Winks should person done much to halt Wood’s 2 goals. “He (Winks) was outstanding successful the archetypal half,” helium said. “But what helium has to bash successful the 2nd half, erstwhile it’s much hard for him, is helium has to inactive get connected the shot and predominate the crippled – that’s what the champion players bash successful that position. He got nullified successful the 2nd fractional and that was the turning constituent successful the crippled due to the fact that Forest had to tighten up.”

Winks’ endowment is not successful doubt. Speaking successful 2017, aft giving him a accidental astatine the property of 21, Mauricio Pochettino was effusive: “For maine helium is the cleanable midfielder, who tin play box-to-box and arsenic a holding midfielder. He has the prime and the capableness to play, usage the demands of the crippled and work it. He’s truthful clever.”

Gareth Southgate had akin comments aft giving Winks his England debut against Lithuania successful October 2017. "I was truly pleased [with Winks], I thought helium showed large maturity, helium didn't look fazed by wearing an England shirt,” helium said. "His prime connected the shot was good, helium was the 1 that recovered guardant passes and helium looked to play forward. I thought helium could beryllium precise arrogant of his debut."

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