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Stan Collymore has tipped Jordan Henderson to ‘play a more prominent role’ for England as the World Cup enters the knockout stages.
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“As for Jordan Henderson.
If the 1966 World Cup winners top their respective group, they will face a Sadio Mane-less Senegal in the next round.
“Obviously, Rice and Bellingham are the future, but Southgate is a pragmatist, so as long as Henderson can do the mileage, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see him play a more prominent role as the tournament goes on.”
The former Sunderland man makes his first start of the tournament, as does Phil Foden, Marcus Rashford and Kyle Walker.
Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham have been Gareth Southgate’s preferred midfield duo so far this tournament, but with the latter deployed in a more advanced role against Wales tonight, the Liverpool skipper will be looking to impress in the middle of the park and do his talking on the pitch.
“I think Gareth Southgate really wanted to give Kyle Walker minutes tonight because I think if we do go deeper into the tournament, he may well go to three at the back and put Walker alongside Maguire and Stones and then have Shaw and Trippier as the wing-backs,” Collymore told CaughtOffside.