Chris Waddle on what is concerning him regarding England ahead of World Cup finals

But he admits that the Three Lions' choices at centre-half represent more of an issue.

Waddle, a radio pundit covering England's fortunes for many years, sees Marc Guehi as a stalwart in the backline. Who plays alongside him is open to conjecture in his eyes.

Sheffield Wednesday legend Waddle, who represented England on 62 occasions between 1985 and 1991, said: "Some of the players are playing very well such as Harry Kane, Anthony Gordon and Morgan Rogers.

"(Bukayo) Saka's been injured a bit for Arsenal, but he's come back and he's looking a bit sharper and Declan Rice had a great season.

"There's a lot of players in this England team who are playing really good football at the minute.

"Probably the concern will be his (Tuchel's) centre-halves.

"Marc Guehi has gone to Man City and we know he's a good centre-half. But who do you play alongside him?

"(John) Stones hasn't played a lot of football. Harry Maguire's playing quite well at the minute - but will they get exposed in a team?

"Probably defensively, I'm a little bit concerned.

"But I think going forward we've got enough players in good form to score goals. That is the key."

While Waddle sees goals, he does not wish to countenance anything happening to talismanic forward Kane between now and June.

He added: "I can't think of going into the World Cup without Harry Kane to be perfectly honest."

Chris Waddle was speaking to The Yorkshire Post on behalf of 10bet - who offer live betting on the Premier League