It was only Andorre opposite, but a player made a resounding beginnings with the English selection during the 2-0 victory of the Three Lions on Saturday at Villa Park. Elliot Anderson, 22, was established by Thomas Tuchel and the Prodigy of Nottingham Forest suddenly imposed himself as a boss alongside Declan Rice in the midfield. Already nicknamed the “Geordie Maradona” (the Newcastle Maradona), it is downright compared to Zinédine Zidane!
Player formed by the Magpies, Elliot Anderson was recruited for more than 40 million euros by Forest in July 2024 and largely contributed to the superb season of his team, arrived at 7th in the Premier League (qualified in League conference then in the Europa League in place of Crystal Palace). If Declan Rice is an essential hub in selection as in Arsenal, Anderson shines even more thanks to his balloon technique and his well -felt vertical passes.
Faced with Andorra, for example, he touched 127 balloons but made 34 passes in the last opposing third.
England has found its midfielder
“In Elliot Anderson, there is a bit of Roy Keane, Paul Scholes and Zinedine Zidane mixed in a player”launched the journalist Max Scott squarely on the set of
Talksport. Relaying midfielder in Nottingham Forest, with Ibrahim Sangaré on the cover, Elliot Anderson could win now in the English selection as the 2026 World Cup approaches. Declan Rice had been associated with the very young Kobbie Mainoo during Euro 2024, but the Manchester United prodigy was then lost.
Tuchel told the English press that his new number 23 was off to start against Serbia on Tuesday evening in Belgrade. Harry Kane and his teammates can put England in orbit in these World Cup qualifiers. The Three Lions have won their first four games and can get eight points ahead of the Serbs in the event of a victory.
