Former Liverpool star Jamie Redknapp is delighted to hear Jamie Carragher is being fast-tracked into a position with the England coaching setup.

In his column for the Daily Mail, Redknapp wrote: "There is no modern player quite like Jamie Carragher. Go to Anfield when he is playing and listen during those quieter spells of a match and you will hear what I mean: a footballer managing a game on the pitch.

"His direction is delivered with an unmistakable Scouse shriek, but the words and their intentions are very clear. Jamie will be pulling people around, commanding and instructing his team-mates.

"It is a brilliant idea by the FA to offer to fast-track him into their elite coaching programme and to groom him for the future. If we cannot produce an England manager who is English, we need to look at the system. Sir Trevor Brooking is right about that.

"Jamie should be working closely with a senior coach now, a bit like Tim Sherwood at Tottenham with my dad, Harry. Like Jamie, Tim has a knowledge and understanding of the game and Spurs are investing in the future. He could be the next manager of Tottenham and Jamie Carragher could be a future Liverpool or England manager."