Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson is a “fabulous asset” for club and country and should be “on the plane” for England at the 2026 World Cup, says BBC Radio Nottingham’s Colin Fray.
“It is great for Forest fans to have a player like that to watch week in week out at the moment,” Fray said. “He just keeps delivering all of these excellent performances.
“We always talk about players wanting to maintain consistent 7 out of 10 performances but he isn’t just consistently a 7 out of 10, he is performing at way higher levels than that.
“He is a fabulous asset for Sean Dyche and Thomas Tuchel to have, and he has proven himself at international level over the first four games of his England career.
“It was interesting to hear Tuchel talk about there being ‘no guarantees’ that Anderson will be included in his World Cup squad in his press conference.
“You wouldn’t expect him to tout Anderson as a shoo-in just yet, but as long as he doesn’t pick up any injury issues and he continues to perform at this level – touch wood – then I don’t think there’s much doubt around him being on the plane.”
Anderson impressed again in Thursday’s 2-0 win over Serbia at Wembley and has only missed 21 minutes of England action since making his debut in September.
“It’s going to be really interesting to see how he develops from here because, certainly at club level and international level, he is clearly a big asset to his coaches,” Fray added.
“In Dyche and Tuchel, he also has coaches that can help him improve even further.”
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