Former Tottenham and Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood has claimed that Joe Gomez is the best centre-back at Liverpool.
Gomez was rewarded with his England national team debut by Gareth Southgate during the Three Lions friendly international against Brazil on Tuesday and went on to impress as he kept Neymar quiet for the majority of the game.
Despite the fact that he is relatively inexperienced at senior level, Sherwood feels that the youngsters performance prove that he should be the first choice centre back at the Reds ahead of Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip.
He said: "Normally you have to play for your clubs to play for England, but Gareth is doing it the other way,"
"He knows the players better than their club managers know them, which is strange.
"He recognises the boys aren't getting opportunities but he knows their good enough from working at the U21s.
"He's having to put them in the England squad to embarrass those clubs, who will then put them in their starting line-up.
"Every young English player will be encouraged by the fact the manager is taking note if they perform. It doesn't matter if you haven't played 200 games - you can only play three or four.
"If you asked me who the best centre-half is at Liverpool at the moment, I'd tell you Joe Gomez. But is he going to get an opportunity to play ahead of some other players - I'd suggest he's going to get limited game time."
Source: tribalfootball.com