Former Tottenham manager Terry Venables has questioned Gareth Southgate's decision to make wholesale changes for England's World Cup defeat to Belgium.

Venables wrote for the Daily Mail: "A good performance, a win even, would have guaranteed momentum which would still propel his players.

"We all expected a couple of changes, rest one, try one and so on. But to make eight is surely a gamble that will only be deemed worthwhile by us sweeping Colombia out of our way and that will be the toughest of assignments.

"I do not understand why he needed to put so much extra pressure on himself and his first-choice players. It is not catastrophic but yes, it did surprise me. So, I ask again, why change a winning team?

"I never would. I certainly wouldn't make massive changes to give players experience of international football or to judge so many players under match pressure."