After an impressive debut against Chelsea in March 2010, Phil Jones' rise in the past 15 months has seen him touted as the future of English football and, in the process, generating great interest from a whole host of clubs who view him as a welcome addition to their side. Interest, it would appear, is there for good reason.

Josh McEachran has impressed virtually everyone this season breaking into the first team squad and also into the England Under 21 set up. He played really well AGAIN the other day for the U21's against Italy and Aston Villa's Marc Albrighton has stated that McEachran is the future of English football.

By Chris Wright

A week or so after proclaiming him to be the future of English football, the best young player in the known universe, the new (but slower) Claude Makelele and the saviour of everything that is good and holy, England manager Fabio Capello has ladled yet more crushing expectation onto Jack Wilshere's young shoulders by directly comparing him to some of the greatest players to have ever graced the game.

The English Premier League Game between Blackburn Rovers and West Bromwich Albion featured 22 players from 22 countries at the conclusion of the game, the first time in Premier League history.

Blackburn Rovers used 14 players in total as follows:

Robinson (England)
Salgado (Spain)
Samba (Congo)
Givet (France)
Olsson (Sweden)
Dunn (England)
Jones (USA)
Pedersen (Norway)
Hoilett (Canada)
Kalinic (Croatia)
Santa Cruz (Paraguay)
Nzonzi (France)
Roberts (Wales)
Hanley (Scotland)

West Brom used 14 players as well:

Myhill (USA)
Jara (Chile)
Tamas (Romania)
Olsson (Sweden)
Cech (Slovakia)
Brunt (N.

In November 2007, after England failed to qualify for Euro 2008, The Daily Mail did a quick scout of the country to highlight the players pushing for internation stardom in the future entitled 60 reasons why the future of English football is not as gloomy as you might think...ITS investigates.