My England teammate was more gifted than Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes

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Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard (Picture: Getty) Ledley King says one of his England teammates was ‘naturally better’ and ‘more gifted’ than Steven Gerrard, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes. Ex-England defender King says Gerrard, Lampard and Scholes were all ‘incredible players’ but rates Joe Cole as his most ‘naturally gifted’ teammate.

Ex-Tottenham and England defender Ledley King (Picture: Getty) Cole, a talented attacking player who earned 56 caps for England, also had spells at West Ham and Liverpool. ‘I want to see match-winners and players that get people off their seats,’ King told BetMGM. ‘The one for me was Joe Cole, who I can, hand on heart, say was the most naturally gifted English player that I played with. ‘Wayne Rooney was probably the best. Joe Cole, left, with fellow Chelsea great Frank Lampard, right (Picture: Getty) ‘Joe went to Chelsea and it changed his game.

Our journalists work hard to deliver the most important stories from around the world ‘[Steven] Gerrard, [Frank] Lampard and [Paul] Scholes were incredible players, don’t get me wrong, but at that age Joe was pure magic. ‘He was more natural than Stevie G [Steven Gerrard]. He was definitely different in that respect from most English players that we had at that time. ‘When he was 16 or 17 years old, Joe was different to everyone.