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Graeme Souness questions £100m England stars Elliot Anderson and Declan Rice - 'I don't see them'

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You're looking at as good as he'll get at 27."I don't see enough football in the two of them. I see them as players who recycle the ball, but I don't see them hurting people.



And, if you want to see the polar opposite to those two, the night before you've seen arguably the best one in the world at that and has been for a number of years in Rodri." They've gone a goal up [Spain] and he's still got them on the front foot by his choice of pass, not running with it unnecessarily and not going square all of the time. He's a proper midfield player."I think these two lads are limited.

My criticism of him is, he doesn't have enough football in him."You talk about 'look how he runs with the ball'. You don't want to carry the ball really well."I've got Declan Rice running with the ball, runs 20 yards, is confronted by an opposition player, the handbrake goes on and he passes it square."Souness joined Liverpool from Middlesbrough in 1972 for £30,000.