Former Chelsea star Joe Cole says Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish is on track to be this season's Player of the Year.
The 25-year-old has had a tremendous season so far, starring in the Premier League for Dean Smith's side and capitalising on the chances given to him by England manager Gareth Southgate.
"If you could put Jack Grealish as he's playing at the moment onto the pitch in the World Cup semi-final against Croatia, he'd have drove us up the pitch, won fouls and kept possession and potentially win us the game," he said on Coral and JOE Media's All to Play For podcast.
"Our problem has always been keeping the ball in the big moments and now we have the players who are technically good enough to be able to do that."
On whether Grealish can nail down a place in Gareth Southgate's starting XI for the European Championships in the summer, Cole added: "I think Grealish is a great bet the way he is performing. If he carries on the way he is playing he could win PFA Player of the Year this season and then how hard would it be to leave him out?
"He is creating goals, he's scoring goals, he's a monster when he picks up the ball and drives forward with it."