The World Cup is six months away and there's a lot of football to be played. "I know he's watching and keeping an eye because he called up Ruben. That gives me the confidence I can make it. "He came to Milan last season and I know he gets our data and sees our clips regularly, too. "The way he's spoken about it is that it's difficult because there's so many players in that position, and I get it because you have players like John Stones, Marc Guehi, Dan Burn and Ezri Konsa. "But the World Cup is still a dream and I'm working towards that.
There was a very worrying moment just a couple of minutes into the second half as the Englishman dived into a tackle and seemed to extend his knee in a funny way, going down in a heap of pain. He managed to shake it off and play on, however later in the eventual 1-1 draw he had a similar lunge that did not look entirely comfortable, and now some further information has emerged.