Reece James told how to become a regular England international for Gareth Southgate

Former Chelsea full-back Frank Sinclair has urged Reece James to consider playing at centre-back for England if he wants to become a regular starter under national team boss Gareth Southgate. James is yet to be called up to the full international team. He has made two appearances for the U21s and is a regular starter in the U20 team. The English professional has impressed in his debut in the first-team squad with Chelsea this season, leading to the talks that Southgate could include him in the national team for the European Championships in the summer. However, Sinclair thinks a change in position will help the 20-year-old secure his place in the team due to Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold's form. He said: "If I was Reece James, I might be clever and try and to start playing centre half or something because Trent Alexander is going to be a hard man to lodge out of that position the way that he’s playing at the moment. But, it’s internationals and you need world class players in every position if you want to really seriously challenge at that level.  So, to have someone like Reece James, who will fight for that second slot as the natural right back, that’s a good thing. You’ve obviously also got Wan Bissaka at Man United, but I don't think he’s particularly been in great form this season. The one thing about Reece James that will get him into England squads regularly is his adaptability, he can play centre half, he can play right back, he can play central midfield.  He came back off a great loan period at Wigan, where for the second half of that loan spell, he played centre mid and was unbelievable in there as well." James has made 20 appearances for Frank Lampard's side, and Sinclair said the Blues had high hopes for the defender for a few seasons. "When I spoke to Jody Morris after a FA Youth Cup victory for Chelsea a couple of seasons ago, he touched on how good Reece James was. He was saying Callum Hudson-Odoi gets a lot of the plaudits, but Reece James is just unbelievable. So now he’s coming to fruition and I can see him kicking on and being in Chelsea’s team for the next 10 years or so and being a real mainstay," he added.

Source: Football London 

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