Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand has named the England starting eleven that he would like Gareth Southgate to name at the World Cup this winter.
The Three Lions cruised through the qualification process for Qatar and will be hoping to go one better than their Euro 2020 final defeat and lift the trophy for the first time since 1966. England easily beat Ivory Coast in a friendly on Tuesday night in a game that will have given Southgate plenty of food for thought.
Ollie Watkins, Raheem Sterling and Tyrone Mings were all on the scoresheet in the 3-0 victory, though there were plenty of others who impressed on the night and previously in their 2-1 win over Switzerland at the weekend. Southgate faces a difficult task in picking his best eleven, but Ferdinand has offered his advice.
