Roberto Martinez believes Garry Monk is a prime candidate to become manager of England in the future.

As Martinez's Everton get set to take on Monk's Swansea City at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday, the Spaniard has praised the manager of the Welsh club, indicating he has the qualities to one day take the reins of the England national team.

Monk has already been linked with the Three Lions role and Martinez has revealed that he is certainly not surprised.

"It wouldn't surprise me if he was linked with England," said the Everton manager of the 36-year-old.

"I don't see another manager who has had as big an influence over the last three seasons in terms of taking different roles. What he has done with Swansea has been very impressive from every angle you look at it.

"He was thrown into it when the club needed to avoid relegation [after Michael Laudrup's departure] and gave them direction, stabilised the team and found the way to win important games. The next step was to have a clear idea of how to carry on with the philosophy of the football club, to be flexible, and Swansea finished in their highest ever position in the Premier League. That is down to work done over 10 months, it doesn't happen over a short period, and it shows that he gets his ideas across and he is innovative.

"Then this season is the most impressive one for me because he lost two or three important players, brought younger legs into the squad and the results on the pitch have been exactly the same. Garry deserves incredible credit for dealing with different situations while having incredible continuity on the pitch."