Manchester United great Roy Keane admits he's a big fan of Borussia Dortmund midfielder Jude Bellingham.
Bellingham has been handed a starting role against minnows San Marino as England look to seal qualification for next year's World Cup, with the former Birmingham starlet impressing with Borussia Dortmund.
Southgate has opted for Declan Rice and Kalvin Phillips in midfield, but there are high hopes that Bellingham will make that position his own having taken to senior football with aplomb.
"He has got a great chance, the kid," Keane said on ITV Sport. "We love everything about him.
"What he is doing on the pitch, the way he speaks off it. He is playing week in, week out for a top club. Oh the potential for this kid… it is scary.
"I saw him playing for Dortmund recently in a Champions League game and he was producing passes that I didn't think he had in his locker quite yet, and we are not seeing him week in, week out we just see the Champions League stuff.
"The potential for this boy. He is a good size, he looks like a footballer, he looks like a boxer. He is a strong, powerful boy and Gareth must be rubbing his hands together."
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