Kalvin Phillips believes if anyone is going to keep it tight against the free-scoring French, it is his Yorkshire mates.
As the clock ticks down towards the epic showdown in the Al Bayt Stadium, all the talk in the France camp is of how Kylian Mbappe and his attacking cohorts are going to give England’s defence a torrid time.
The French media seem convinced there are serious question marks over each and every one of what seems certain to be Gareth Southgate’s back four but Leeds-born Phillips is having none of it. And he reckons England can boast one of the most accomplished centre-halves in global football in the form of Barnsley-born John Stones.
