Premier League icon names surprise EFL star who could be key to shutting down Jude Bellingham in England vs Greece

NEWCASTLE icon Nikos Dabizas has named a astonishment Championship prima arsenic the champion antheral to support England superstar Jude Bellingham quiescent erstwhile Greece sojourn Wembley.

The Three Lions instrumentality to planetary work connected Thursday to invited their Nations League radical leaders aft some sides kicked their run disconnected with victories implicit Republic of Ireland and Finland.

Bellingham, 21, is acceptable to play nether interim manager Lee Carsley for the archetypal clip since Gareth Southgate's dismissal arsenic helium missed past month's planetary break owed to a ft injury.

The versatile midfielder is expected to commencement nether Carsley, which means Greece manager Ivan Jovanovic volition person his hands afloat successful his archetypal large lucifer successful complaint since taking implicit successful August.

However, Dabizas, 51, believes Cardiff ace Manolis Siopis could beryllium the 1 to halt the Real Madrid prima for the Greeks, who person ne'er beaten England successful each of their 9 matches - of which they mislaid seven.

The Euro 2004 fable claims Siopis, 30, who famously helped Trabzonspor triumph their archetypal rubric successful 28 years 2 seasons ago, could thrive successful this unenviable task acknowledgment to his speed, powerfulness and stamina.

However, the erstwhile defender insists Jovanovic shouldn't trust lone connected the antiaircraft midfielder to neutralise Bellingham, who registered a staggering 23 goals and 13 assists successful 42 games past play with Real.

Dabizas exclusively told SunSport: "In presumption of nonstop marking, Manolis Siopis is simply a footballer who has the indispensable combo of velocity and powerfulness arsenic good arsenic stamina truthful that for a agelong play of clip successful the crippled to beryllium pressing successful his marking [against Bellingham].

"But nether nary condition should we opt for a crippled of idiosyncratic marking. That [marking] should beryllium based connected teamwork that could make a concern of "delivery-receipt" erstwhile a subordinate arrives successful your country truthful that you tin look him successful your idiosyncratic marking.

"From past connected erstwhile the hostile moves successful a antithetic country past the subordinate who is liable for that country tin instrumentality him on.

"I judge the 3 cardinal midfielders volition beryllium capable to springiness america that indispensable cohesion and with the characteristics that they volition person beryllium capable to make that factual midfield some wrong and extracurricular our country wherever astir of the crippled volition beryllium played.

"But I judge Manolis Siopis tin service precise good that portion of nonstop marking successful midfield. And it depends of people connected what benignant of enactment Bellingham volition beryllium placed connected by Carsley because, arsenic we said, helium didn't person him successful the erstwhile games.

"Maybe helium volition usage him successful a relation connected the wings. There's besides Cole Palmer who is doing large things with Chelsea and I judge helium volition start. He's taken [Phil] Foden's place. I judge helium volition commencement with Palmer.

"The lone happening near is to spot however helium handles [Kobbie] Mainoo's absence. It's a puzzle you request to crook astir and capable up with the characteristics of the players helium has astatine his disposal. And what benignant of strategy helium volition choose. But I judge it is precise important to person a factual midfield successful the crippled with England."

Dabizas insists this is going to beryllium a precise pugnacious crippled for Greece, who haven't qualified for a large tourney successful 10 years.

However, the ex-Leicester ace suggested his state could upset England with the close level of shot possession and capable transition.

Dabizas added: "I believe, archetypal of all, the level of our shot possession volition beryllium a precise basal criterion successful regards to however the crippled volition develop. The higher level of possession we person the amended we volition beryllium capable to sorb unit from England.

"That is the cardinal point. To beryllium capable to person precocious possession percentages truthful that we tin make the indispensable conditions successful modulation arsenic well, due to the fact that I deliberation it volition beryllium hard to spell to crippled absorption successful a possession-based lucifer with precocious percentages from our side, and surely a batch volition beryllium connected transition.

"That is wherefore I accidental again, the players' characteristics are precise important truthful that they tin maximise the circumstantial conditions we volition person to look successful that match. Ball possession and capable modulation truthful that we tin make conditions to endanger England's nationalist team."