Jurgen Klinsmann revealed six names when asked which England players the Germany team will be scared of ahead of their last 16 game at Euro 2020 on Tuesday.
England and Germany will play at Wembley to scrap it out for a place in the quarter-finals in a clash that appears very hard to call ahead of kick-off.
The Three Lions are the favourites with the bookmakers and have home advantage, but Germany’s record is far superior and, although they seem inconsistent, they turned in a good display to beat Portugal 4-2 in the group stage.
Klinsmann conceded that England have a number of outstanding players and picked out six who he feels his compatriots will be fearful of.
The former Germany striker and manager had huge praise for Phil Foden, who he ‘adores’, and Harry Maguire, who he has compared to a Brazilian star.
‘You have Raheem Sterling, and you have Mason Mount,’ Klinsmann told Alan Shearer for The Athletic.
‘You have now Saka who played a good game against the Czech Republic. You have Phil Foden, who I really adore — I thought he had a brilliant year with Man City.
‘You have Harry Maguire, who kind of frightens everybody when this guy rolls through midfield. He reminds me a bit of Lucio, the Brazilian centre-back — he looks like a Mustang running through everybody.
‘And then you have this No 9 killer [Harry Kane] that hasn’t started the tournament yet.’
England skipper Kane has started all three matches so far, but has struggled to find any kind of form, but he says he is unconcerned.
‘It’s definitely not the first time people have doubted me in my career, that’s for sure. That’s part and parcel of it,’ Kane told the Evening Standard.
‘I’ve said all along as a striker you go through some great spells where you are scoring every game and everything you touch turns into goals.
‘And then there are somewhere things don’t fall your way, the keeper makes some saves and that’s probably the way it’s gone in this tournament so far.
‘I know, especially the first two games, I could have probably played better. For me, it is about trying to peak at the right time and the right time in tournament football is the knockout stages.
‘I feel good, I feel sharp. I felt good, definitely, in the third game.’
