11 Players Who Will Win England The World Cup In 2018

11. Ross Barkley

He has be called the next Steven Gerrard. His Everton coach Roberto Martinez says he could England's Michael Ballack - stating he see's no noticeable weakness in his game - and former England striker Gary Linker stated he reminds him of Paul Gascoigne. In England, we tend to over-hype of footballers to quickly and sometimes the players tend to buy into the hype and don't develop to the levels that were initially expected of them. Early observations of Barkley suggest he will suffer from none of these issues: similar to Paul Scholes during his playing days, young Barkley doesn't seem too bothered about what the media is saying about him and just simply wants to let his football do the talking. It's unfortunate and mildly frustrating, that coach Roy Hodgson preferred to start Danny Welbeck over Barkley during the World Cup. England fans only hope as an act of atonement, Hodgson makes Barkley a fixture in the starting line-up during the 2016 Euro qualifiers. Once that happens as expected, Barkley is all set to be England's talisman player (slightly above Raheem Sterling) for the 2018 World Cup.