Chris Waddle: 'England need a player with flair'

Waddle believes that England has not created a produced a game-changer since Paul Gascoigne in 1996, and Waddle believes that the lack of investment into grassroots football is the main problem. 

"You need players who can make a difference by themselves - a maverick, if you like. They might have defensive faults and they might take risks which people don't like, but I just think these off-the-cuff players are what we need.

"People say Raheem Sterling is a number 10, traditionally the gifted creative player's role - but I don't think he is," Waddle told the 'BBC'.

England's facilities are up there with the best in the world, however Waddle believes that players in academies should be able to play with more freedom. 

"Coaches don't like players taking risks because they lose the ball in certain areas. They would rather have a player who can't dribble but can pass and play a one-two before putting it in the box.

"What annoys me most about English football is that we have to pay to import what we used to produce. At my age, we didn't go to clubs until we were 13 or 14 - so they didn't have time to coach it out of you", he added.

England face Spain and Switzerland during the international break.