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Football fans reacted enthusiastically after Sky Sports commentator Martin Tyler asked live whether Trent Alexander-Arnold of Liverpool was good enough to play for England.
The Reds' right-back was playing for the Three Lions against Switzerland in their third-leg match of the UEFA Nations League when the veteran broadcaster, 73, born in Chester, posed the question.
Given that the local Liverpool hero was part of the team that won the Champions League last weekend – his second consecutive final before his 21st birthday – and has played 40 games for his club this season in a campaign in which they had the best defensive record in the Premier League, conceding only 22 goals, Tyler's supposed worries seemed strange to say the least.
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Alexander-Arnold, who won his sixth selection in England, was part of the team that went to the finals of the World Cup in Russia last summer.
Other options of Gareth Southgate include Kieran Trippier, who seems to exceed the needs of Tottenham Hotspur and Ashley Young of Manchester United, who will turn 34 next month and spent most of his career as a winger before retreating further.
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