The ten best players England must be careful not to lose to other countries, including Chelsea pair

In the modern day it is weird for a player not to be eligible to represent about 15 different countries. England must be wary over these ten.

10) Jack Harrison
Stuck so high on this list purely on the basis that his international eligibility is the subject of mild fascination, uncertainty, claim and counter-claim.

Jack Harrison was born in England, raised in England, plays in England and has two England youth caps. But those seven years spent training, developing and starring in America are the root of confusion.

“I’d love to represent England, my national team,” Harrison said in 2017. “If the interest is not there, further down the line if I’m able to get U.S. citizenship I’m not opposed to that either.”

Manchester City signed him before the citizenship process could take its course. But it might not even matter: a FIFA rule change in 2020 declared that players who were not born in the country and had no direct heritage there could still be deemed eligible to represent them if they lived in the territory for at least five years before turning 18. Harrison comfortably checks that box.

Yet doubt continues to cloud his situation – and perhaps always will. The list of England wide forwards ahead of Harrison is as long as the paperwork the USMNT would have to file to confirm his status, thus he is likely to exist in perennial international limbo, even if he has more compelling credentials than James ‘Pirlo’ Maddison.

For now he remains in our uncapped Premier League XI.

9) Demarai Gray
There are not too many Premier League winners knocking about in their mid-20s with 38 England youth caps but no appearances for the senior side.

Six months before Gareth Southgate stepped into the gravy-soaked shoes of Sam Allardyce as interim manager in September 2016, Demarai Gray was praised by the U21s coach for “a real shift” on his debut. A call-up to the full squad came two years later as a potential debutant alongside then-Leicester teammate Ben Chilwell, but only the Foxes left-back was given the substitute nod in a 1-0 win over Switzerland.

Gray has not been on the scene since, despite producing some of his career-best work at Everton. Jamaica earmarked the forward as one of their targets to lure from English citizenship in a 2021 plan which snared Michail Antonio and Jamal Lowe among others, and still might convince Ivan Toney that the grass is greener.

8) Trevoh Chalobah
A cursory England cap seemed destined for the head of Trevoh…