Comparisons to Jude are no doubt tiring for Jobe, but there is a reason they are made. In fact, the timing of his runs into the penalty area are reminiscent of another English midfielder. “It’s easy sometimes as a midfielder to just pass the ball then stand still,” former Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel told...
Opposite him at Welford Road will be a familiar face. He and Joe Woodward were England’s under-20’s centre partnership for a couple of years. “He is a very good distributor, good link player, a ball carrier and he has got that kicking game too – a triple threat really,” Ma’asi-White says of his former team-mate....
The Barcelona attack will feature Yamal, 17, on the right flank, the position played by Messi for the Spanish side with distinction for years. However Yamal, speaking at a media conference on Tuesday, rejected comparisons with his fellow graduate of the club’s La Masia academy. “I don’t compare myself to him, because I don’t compare...