You've got Trent and Mohamed Salah.

Why is that so important, who you've got in front, to make you play better? I think you work as a pair, don't you? You work as a pair and Riyad probably got the best out of me and I probably got the best out of Riyad.

And I think the same for Gary and David Beckham and Trent and Mo.

I think you complement each other.

Riyad wasn't the best defender.

I wasn't the best attacker.

So, you know, when I gave him the ball, I said to him, I don't mind doing your running.

Because he was above and beyond for them, right?

From Kyle Walker, the former England defender was on TalkSport Drive and was asked the advice he would give to those who were making their first appearances in the latter stages of a tournament.

I think in everything, you have to enjoy it.

I've had the privilege, obviously, of playing at Manchester City and winning a lot of trophies.

And getting over the line the first time is always the hardest, of course it is, because you're in... uncharted territory that you don't know.

But I think with now the squad that we've got and with the players that we've got in that squad, there's a lot of Premier League winners there, there's Champions League winners there, and there's winners that I look around when we probably got there in Russia in 2016 that we didn't really have.

Now, there's no excuses now.

We need to enjoy the game of football.

It's a real problem area.

Yeah, I've said it from the start.

I think when you play for a team like Real Madrid, like I've said numerous times now, you need to be in the fold.

You need to be in the fold.

And especially when, if you're not the first or the second choice, when people are dropping out like Tino dropped out, you know, Trent should have got the call to have someone specialised in that position.

What's he like, Trent? When he's not playing, what's

Why do you think, at the minute, it hasn't quite clicked for us yet?

I think you've been there in major tournaments when you get there and there's the pressure.

Um, but what would you assess in regards to what you've seen so far, and especially last night, in terms of Jed Spence and the right back position against the DR Congo?

Congo?I think Jed's got a difficult role here.

You know, he's played left back in one of the games.

He's then moved over to the right, and obviously, you know, people might not understand, but it's completely different.

You know, once you're playing left back and when you're playing right back, the, the dynamics, the dimensions of the game is completely different.

But this is his first tournament.

I think he's coming off a okay season at Tottenham where they was fighting relegation, so he's not coming into the tournament with the, I'm gonna say, the best of form or on a high spirit.

Talk to me about the different, you know, expectations of, of fullback these days, especially where you have to go into midfield, help position, and obviously do your, you know, uh, traditional duties as a defender.

bizarre that we said I found it a bit bizarre what the fact that he's talking about the heat the altitude we will not be ready what do you think he means by that Colb is he basically just saying this is going to be tough because it is we know how tough this game is going to be but I do find it a little odd that he's rolled out what he said there yeah

Yeah, I think when he said as the first opening line that they're not going to be ready, well, we kind of hope they're ready.

We hope we're ready because that's what we're wanting.

Obviously, the heat and the humidity, the stadium, the home nation playing in front of all their fans is going to play a part.

But as a professional footballer, you have to deal with it.

You have to deal with these things.

And to play in that game representing your country, that's the games that you want to play in.

So how do you want to begin a discussion about these 11 souls?

Yeah, it is a large family, if you think about it.

You think about them living in the, the log cabin on the Smith property for a time before the frame home was finished.

That would've been cramped quarters with a family of 11.

You might put a slide up that just shows the family itself so people can kind of keep track of, of the family.

You might lose track of the names that we talk about today, but three sisters, five brothers of Joseph Smith, and they were stout individuals.

Maybe I'll just describe their physical appearance.

[laughs] But there's a lot of good missiology.

area, it's across the base, a goal! Oh, what a start in the second half, Jude Bellingham, it has only taken 90 seconds, and England lead

carries a lot of weight on his shoulders for such a young boy I think people probably forget how young he is obviously he's gone on from leaps and bounds from Birmingham City to Dortmund to now playing for you know one of if not the biggest clubs in the world but I was saying it before I think Morgan Rodgers is a great player I play with him at City he's done unbelievable for Villa but I just think in them moments Drew Bellingham probably pips him just because of the big game moments and I think when you're a big football player like that with a name that you've got, obviously you're going to hear and you're going to see.

People are going to tell you what people are saying.

But, you know, you have to take that pressure.

You're Jude Bellingham.

You're Jude Bellingham and you've got that pressure on your shoulder.

You're playing for Real Madrid and also representing England in the number 10 jersey.

Well, as good as England were going forward, a few question marks still remain at the back.

So could you tell us a bit more about this black cab situation?

Yeah.

And I feel like it does actually marry quite a lot of things I've just said there, because you have to have this ability to drop everything, not really know why, and then just trust that it could hopefully get you somewhere.

And also all of those things you said about breathing, about posture, about communication skills, all these different things you learn at drama school.

And it's quite funny thinking back how they come out in the least expected fashion.

So I get a call after doing some presenting stuff and I'd been working, and I'm a massive Manchester City fan, but I've been working within football and especially on YouTube for a little bit of time.

And I'd been getting in touch with Manchester City.

How was it working on those shows?

Yeah

... experience what you've experiences, and playing with people that I've played with, and this is no disrespect to Burnley whatsoever and the players there because I s- honestly think that they're a bunch of young men that are fantastic.

The dressing room is class.

I've not felt like a little bit uncomfortable.

You know, as is a new player when you go, you want to play.

You experienced it, but when you're going into a new dressing room, kind of sat there, it was, you know, there was open arms, and that's something that needs to stay there because it's a proper family-orientated club.

But the league's different.

How do you, how do you deal with that and how do you sort of reflect upon that?

You've got obviously something big to announce.

Yeah, well, I just feel that it's the right time, uh, for me to probably step away from international football.

Um, it's something that I've completely enjoyed of obviously working with you, working with all the different managers that I've worked with.

But, uh, to get 96 caps now, um, people probably say, "Why now when you're so close to 100?" I think I've made it well known to everyone that to be the second Black player to reach 100 caps after, after Shaun Cole would've been a great honor.

Uh, but having the conversations that I've had, it's probably not gonna be.

Uh, I have to take that on the chin, and I think now is to make the decision that, to close that chapter and, you know, concentrate more on club football.

Is that the same feeling that you've had in that game against Croatia where they started to play a little bit, didn't they? Was it a fatigue thing that starts to kick in, you just sink back? Are you talking about a mentality thing?

I think it's mentality.