10 Reasons Why England Can Win World Cup 2018

It's time for a new crop of English talent to come through. In recent times, English youth squads have put together some fantastic results, with victories in the U-20 World Cup and the U-19 European Championship showing that the future could be very bright indeed for England fans.

We'll have to wait another few years to see many of those players in the senior side, but Southgate's squad for Russia is filled with youth. Pickford, Dier, Stones, Maguire, Lingard, Kane, Sterling, Rashford, Alli, Loftus-Cheek, Alexander-Arnold, and Butland are all 25 or younger. In World Cup games, pace and explosiveness can be game-winning factors, so it's good to see such a lot of fresh, lively talent among the Three Lions, with only five players retained from the 2014 squad.

On the downside, it can be argued that these players lack experience. On the plus side, it means that they haven't become jaded or disillusioned after repeated failures and long careers. They're hungry for success and will be very eager to make their first World Cup appearances. The average age of the German World Cup winning squad was just over 26, showing that youth can come out on top, even in the biggest tournament of them all.