'I've worked with Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard - two England stars are just as good'

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He oversaw a transitional period between the 'Golden Generation' and the crop of players who would reach the World Cup semi-finals in 2018.While the current England team looks very different, Hodgson believes there are similarities between Thomas Tuchel's squad and the players of yesteryear. The veteran manager, who recently took charge of Bristol City until the end of the season, picked out Marc Guehi and Eberechi Eze as two of the best players he has ever worked with, putting them in the same conversation as Rooney, Gerrard and Terry.Speaking on The Wayne Rooney Show, he said: "Marc Guehi is up there and Eberechi Eze is up there too.

That's half a chance, really."Hodgson worked with both players at Crystal Palace, where they emerged as two of the Premier League's best homegrown talents.Eze departed Selhurst Park in the summer and now plays for Arsenal, while Guehi joined Manchester City in the January window."I accepted in my five years at Crystal Palace that there wasn't money to spend," added Hodgson. If we did produce one, he's not going to stay, he's going to be plucked away."It seems almost certain that Guehi and Eze will be on the plane for this summer's World Cup, where England will be hoping to fight for their first major title since 1966.Eberechi Eze and Marc Guehi will likely be on the plane this summer (Image: Getty)There are some big decisions for Tuchel to make between now and then in terms of his squad selection.

Obviously, he didn’t have a lot of minutes for City recently."Then he came to camp with the brightest smile and was so good in training and I thought he will just surprise us and will play with the same verve and excitement but, yeah, he struggles to have the full impact. It’s not a guarantee that he will come."