Les Ferdinand reveals that thinks Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the reason for the decline in English centre-forwards
England's struggles to provide competition for Harry Kane have been blamed on football's GOATS - Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.Watkins played his first full 90 minutes at Wembley but failed to find the net and managed just a single shot in a difficult display.Ollie Watkins told he's playing his way out of being Harry Kane's England back-up
In contrast, England are spoilt for choice in wide areas and Ferdinand believes this is a trickle-down effect from watching two of the best.The former Tottenham forward found the opposite problem in his heyday, amassing just 17 caps for England across five years.
Ferdinand was called up to both Euro 96 and the World Cup in 1998 but failed to play a single minute due to the depth of striker talent.When asked what has happened to the English centre-forward, he replied: "Ronaldo and Messi. Gerard Pique reveals that Lionel Messi didn't care about Cristiano Ronaldo, but CR7 still made a key change because of his rival"We went through a period of wingers who were scoring goals, scoring 30 goals a season and everyone wanted to be Ronaldo, and everyone wanted to be Messi." Henry comes onto the scene, they wanna be that person that comes off the wing and scores goals.
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