Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailAdam Lallana is taking inspiration from Darren Anderton in his bid to make it to the World Cup finals. With boss Gareth Southgate now set to finalise his squad bound for Russia 2018, several players are sweating on their places on the plane. Lallana, however, is heartened by the example of former Spurs midfielder Darren Anderton who made it into Glenn Hoddle’s starting line-up for the first game of the 1998 World Cup after coming back from a four month lay-off in the April of that year. “The assistant said to me, in one of the World Cups (1998), Darren Anderton had not played a competitive game (from the Boxing Day) until the 11th of April. “I’ve got Palace at the weekend, then Manchester City, then the Merseyside derby, then City.

Source: Daily Mirror March 28, 2018 21:30 UTC