Rob Draper

You're looking quizzical, Jonathan.

What have I said wrong?

Yeah.

So it's more like a better illusion would be the Phil Foden conundrum of, again, we don't know where the Phil Foden is going, probably not.

But I mean, this is a player of the season from a couple of years ago, but he's had a dip in form.

And surely he's a brilliant player.

We need him on the team, but you know.

Speaking of Bellingham, though, Spain provides a little glimmer of hope and a nice segue for England.

They go over to Spain to play.

Is this a friendly game?

I mean, you can see the shape of the world in that 4-1-3-2.

That's kind of going to be the shape of the World Cup.

And I think Alan Ball will come to the other crucial midfielder in that conundrum later.

But Alan Ball's energy, the fact that he can shuttle back and forth.

is game-changing, and Spain just can't cope with it.

It's one of those, the way you describe it, it's one of those games where one team seems to have an extra player, and Spain are just kind of, a good Spain side are overwhelmed by England, even though I think it's only 2-0, isn't it?

But it could have been a lot more...

They're confused.

I mean, I think there's two things going on here that he's, yeah, remodelling that midfield.

And he's, although Shelton's not playing centrally in this game, he's going to find a role for Shelton behind the two strikers, which is going to cause all sorts of problems for defenders at the World Cup.