Roma coach Jose Mourinho believes England's midfield future will be built around Jude Bellingham.

The Borussia Dortmund teen struggled for minutes during Euro 2020.

But former Manchester United manager Mourinho told The Times: "Kalvin Phillips and Rice were always there — or Jordan Henderson for Rice — but Bellingham is for when you need more than that. If you want two positional players recovering balls and keeping it simple, that's Rice and Phillips.

"Bellingham offers more and you can develop different styles in qualification matches where the level of the opposition is completely different.

"In another 16 months, at the next World Cup, Bellingham, 18, will have had many more matches in the Bundesliga and Champions League, more training sessions with the German way of doing things at Borussia Dortmund. He will be stronger and faster and more mature.

"There are always transitions between tournaments and, for England, Bellingham is one of these guys that has a different level."