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It had to be Jordan Pickford, England's man of the match today. I pointed him out yesterday for his antics against Colombia and now for me, he has kept England in the World Cup.
You can see these antics (above) at your leisure but at 2-0 up against the Swedes, a goal against us could have caused a crumble. In the past that might have happened, maybe not so these days under Gareth.
Jordan has been one of those rags to riches footballers, a number of whom are in the England squad. Ali, Harry Kane and Vardy of course come to mind.
Pickford was born in March 1994 in Washington, Northumberland. He spent his early days in the Sunderland Academy, played in their reserves and a bit for the 1st team. He went out on loan to Darlington from 2011, Alfreton Town, Burton Albion, Carlisle Utd, Bradford City (33 apps) and Preston NE (24 apps). In 2017, at last, he signed for Everton FC for £25m and has played 38 games for them. Somebody in their scouting network needs a pat on the back OR maybe why wasn't he discovered earlier and cheaper?
International caps came along, with the national U16s through to the U21s, at every age group. He became the most expensive British goalkeeper of all time with his transfer to Everton and the third most expensive in history behind Buffon (Parma-Juve) and Ederson (Benfica-Man City). He became an England full cap in World Cup qualifying for 2018.
As a youngster. Good lad, safe hands, nice chap.
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