Former Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock is proud of Everton defender Phil Jagielka over his England World Cup selection.
Warnock wrote in the Independent: "Fourteen years ago I gave a scrawny 17-year-old his professional debut for Sheffield United. Saturday Phil Jagielka will make his World Cup bow for England and outside his lovely family there'll be no one more proud and pleased than me.
"Jags deserves everything he gets in the game. He's got a great attitude and a wonderful demeanour. The highest compliment I can pay him is if my son, William, grows up to be a professional footballer I hope he becomes one like Jags.
"He's always had a terrific temperament, nothing fazed him, and that will stand him in good stead in Brazil, as it has all his career. I knew early on he'd be a good player. I used to say to him, "You'll play for England and I'll enjoy watching you do it." I'm not sure he believed me at the time."
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