From breakfast habits to first football memories, surprise call-ups, and the best (and worst) future England managers – this episode of England Generations is packed with laughs, banter, and behind-the-scenes stories.
Declan Rice, Dan Burn, and Myles Lewis-Skelly sit down to chat about their journeys to the national team, including the unexpected ways they found out about their England call-ups. Dan recalls his wild rise from grassroots football to the Premier League, while Myles shares what it’s like breaking through at such a young age. Declan, as always, keeps the energy high – whether it’s revealing team nicknames (spoiler: "Horseman" is involved) or debating the ultimate England five-a-side team.
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Declan Rice, Dan Burn, and Myles Lewis-Skelly sit down to chat about their journeys to the national team, including the unexpected ways they found out about their England call-ups. Dan recalls his wild rise from grassroots football to the Premier League, while Myles shares what it’s like breaking through at such a young age. Declan, as always, keeps the energy high – whether it’s revealing team nicknames (spoiler: "Horseman" is involved) or debating the ultimate England five-a-side team.
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00:00Have you got your food? It's outside.
00:02No way!
00:03Because I was really bad at football when I was a kid.
00:07He just started it off, he was like,
00:09the way he said it,
00:10you're our horseman.
00:11That's how he said it.
00:12He goes, you're our horseman.
00:17I was buzzing, I got this, so I'm not going to lie.
00:31Do it as best of both worlds.
00:33Boys, why are you getting mic'd up?
00:34We're never having breakfast today.
00:36How do you think it's going to taste?
00:38Porridge, can't go wrong with that one.
00:40Every day?
00:41Yeah, every day.
00:42Every day?
00:43Actually, I was going to ask that.
00:44Porridge, more porridge.
00:47I'll have a ham and cheese omelette and some fruit and yoghurt.
00:51That's every day.
00:52Apart from game day, I'll have porridge.
00:54You've been having breakfast every day?
00:56Yeah.
00:57It's just the same, I eat a lot of food, by the way.
01:00Look at the size of him.
01:02What did you weigh?
01:04104.
01:05Really?
01:06But when I was your age, I was like, I was 80 kilos.
01:08How tall were you?
01:096'7".
01:10When you were 18?
01:11Yeah.
01:12So, honestly, people just push us a little bit
01:15and I'd just be on the deck, I couldn't get up.
01:17So I've put on, like, 24, 25 kilos since I was 18.
01:21What happened yesterday when we were taking that photo?
01:24I stitched you up a little bit, didn't I?
01:26Yeah, you did.
01:27How tall were you?
01:29Too much, too much.
01:31No, this is too much.
01:33It's way too much.
01:34Look at this.
01:36Oh, my goodness.
01:38What can you say?
01:39Of course.
01:40Put your arm round him.
01:42Let's go, let's go.
01:43Top it off.
01:44Lovely, eh?
01:45A little bit of beige behind you there.
01:47That's good.
01:48He's not that much taller, is he?
01:49No, of course not.
01:50This is a joke, isn't it?
01:52Everyone gets a little bit.
01:55I just asked if we could, you know, crop out the feet.
01:59Just do a top shot, yeah.
02:01Too much, yeah.
02:02This had a difference.
02:04I'm not done growing, I know that.
02:06You've got loads of time left.
02:08I'm gonna get there.
02:09It's not all good, mate, you hit your head all the time anyway.
02:11I'm Declan Rice, I'm joined by Dan Byrne, Miles Lewis-Skelly,
02:14and this is the first episode of Generations.
02:17Let's get into it.
02:19All right, so Miles, Dan, got some cards in front of us,
02:23got to pick them up, show them to the camera,
02:25and then we'll get into it, have a little combo.
02:27I'll go first, mate.
02:29You're a bit anxious reading these, thinking what's gonna come up?
02:32Yeah, a lot of it.
02:33I'm a bit worried, but...
02:34OK, it says, busy week, question mark.
02:36Busy week?
02:37Yes.
02:38It has been for you.
02:39It has been a busy week, yeah.
02:40We played West Ham Monday night, and then Tuesday I got a text
02:43from the manager saying, like, it's Thomas Tuttle,
02:46can I FaceTime later?
02:48And at first I was like, I'm getting pranked.
02:50You think it was Dan, though?
02:53I was going through my contact list, and I was like,
02:55who can I text to see this is legit?
02:57And I was like, I'm just gonna have to bite the bullet.
02:59I'll pick up FaceTime, and I'll be a bit like...
03:01And then I was like, oh, it actually is him.
03:03It was like Trips or someone bantering.
03:05I thought, that is honestly the cruelest thing ever.
03:07Yeah, and then I spoke to him, so he said that he was thinking
03:10about calling us up, and then he'd let us know by Thursday,
03:14and they got to, like, six o'clock Thursday night,
03:16and I'd heard nothing.
03:17So I sat with my missus, and I was like, oh, I've not made it.
03:20And then he texts us at ten, so I'm like, are you still awake?
03:23So I was like, yes.
03:26So, yeah.
03:27And then you obviously had the final as well.
03:29Yeah, and I had the final as well, which was like,
03:31it's crazy, man, just really crazy.
03:33Obviously, the final was unreal, but it's still like,
03:35I just still feel a bit numb about it all.
03:37He was seeing you here, like, straight, like,
03:39early in the morning after the final.
03:41I was like, he literally just won yesterday, scored a header,
03:43then now he's, like, here.
03:44Honestly.
03:45What a crazy week.
03:46Yeah, mad, man.
03:47The cool-up.
03:48Yeah, I've got a funny story about this, actually.
03:50He was quiet about it at the club.
03:51I kept asking you, you kept saying you don't know.
03:53So I'll be interested to know what's happened here.
03:57Yeah, so initially, I was on the phone with my friend
04:00the day before, like, the big announcement, and...
04:03On the Thursday?
04:04This was, yeah, the Thursday.
04:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:07And then, yeah, I was on the phone with my friend,
04:09and then I got a call from a number.
04:11So I was like, oh, bro, I've got to call you back.
04:13Then you take this call, so...
04:14So now I hung up with my friend,
04:17put my good voice, I was getting ready,
04:20and then the person that speaks is like,
04:22we've got your food, it's outside,
04:24it'll be eaten by my mum.
04:26No way!
04:27So you was hoping it was going to be a call-up,
04:30but then it wasn't.
04:31But did you have any initial conversations before,
04:33like FaceTime or...?
04:34No, not even.
04:35So when you got the call, it was on the Sky Sports,
04:38you see it there, obviously the club let you know.
04:40Yeah, but, yeah.
04:41That's crazy.
04:42A bit different.
04:43I was doing the same on the Thursday,
04:45I was getting called on life insurance calls.
04:47Every time I was picking up,
04:49they were like, can I have your life insurance?
04:51I was like, get off the phone!
04:55What was your experience like?
04:57Gareth, it was actually a call.
05:00Yeah, I remember him calling me up,
05:01exact same, like an unknown number coming through,
05:03and then obviously you don't have the manager's number saved at them times,
05:06just letting you know that you've been called up and stuff,
05:08and then you'd sort of magically think about it,
05:10and you're about to join England,
05:12complete different set-up, new lads,
05:15you just can't wait to get going, really.
05:17It goes so fast.
05:18That was in 2018, 2019,
05:202025, football goes so quick.
05:22How many caps have you got now?
05:2464.
05:25Oh, no wonder.
05:26Yeah, so hopefully it can keep going, for sure.
05:29100 calls.
05:30I hope so, I hope so.
05:31I was ringing my mum and dad out of bed on that Thursday night,
05:33at like 10.30, 11 o'clock, I was out listening,
05:36and I need to tell you this,
05:37because I don't want to spoil it for you tomorrow,
05:39but it's a real buzzer.
05:40Was it a bit much for your dad,
05:42because it's all the lettering room and everything like that?
05:44I can't believe I read that.
05:45That was lit.
05:46Was he buzzing, your dad?
05:47No, he was buzzing, yeah.
05:48He was absolutely buzzing.
05:49I think that letter went viral again,
05:51so that was for the last final, to be fair.
05:52Oh, was it, yeah?
05:53And it didn't work, obviously,
05:54because we'd all beat 2-0 off Mane.
05:56No, but proud parents.
05:58Can't beat it.
05:59That's nice.
06:00It's who your dad fought before.
06:01Yeah, definitely.
06:02My mum just came into my room,
06:03she heard me shouting.
06:05She thought I hurt myself.
06:06But, no, that didn't happen.
06:08I would have paid to see your reaction.
06:10And then I just called my dad straight away,
06:13and, yeah, it pretty much does to you.
06:15And, yeah, we moved on.
06:17It doesn't feel real, does it?
06:19When you get the call-up.
06:20Mine was my mum and dad as well.
06:21It's like, until you're actually here
06:23and got the kit on and stuff,
06:24you just think so much about what's going to go on.
06:27What shall I do?
06:28How shall I greet people?
06:29Things like that.
06:30But everyone's so chilled.
06:32So your mum and dad tell you,
06:34just be yourself.
06:35It's the easiest thing to do.
06:38Thomas Tuchel.
06:40So, yeah, I was...
06:42A lot of German managers I've had in the past
06:45are quite, like...
06:46No, I wouldn't say strict.
06:48I'm trying to think of the word.
06:49But he was just, like, full of crap.
06:51Yeah, yeah.
06:52Even when he rang us that night,
06:53like 10 o'clock,
06:54I picked up and he was like,
06:55what are you doing picking the phone up?
06:57Like, so unprofessional.
06:58It's 10 o'clock and I was like...
06:59He's winding you up.
07:01I was like, yeah, no, I'm going to bed soon.
07:03I was just sitting up waiting.
07:04Why is it when we speak to managers on phones?
07:06It's like, for players, it's like,
07:09we turn into a different person.
07:11It's so weird.
07:12They make you feel so uncomfortable.
07:14It's crazy.
07:15I just feel like you only get a good first impression.
07:17He was just, like, so relaxed.
07:19It just makes it easy.
07:21And obviously coming across,
07:22when he's been at Chelsea and stuff before,
07:24I've not had a lot of interaction with him.
07:25But I said, like, everything that we've had so far
07:27has been pretty good.
07:29He was very nurturing, very warm when I first met him.
07:32And, yeah, he has a very good presence about him,
07:35which is good.
07:36I was in a lift with him yesterday after training.
07:38And I remember watching training, thinking,
07:40wow, that was sharp.
07:41Yeah, it was sharp.
07:42I was like, how was training?
07:43He was like, yeah, it was good.
07:44He was like,
07:45make sure you don't bring the stand down too much.
07:48I love that.
07:52It's hard to be fair, but I like it.
07:54It just makes him more relaxed.
07:55Yeah, it was a good one.
07:56Top.
07:58First position in football.
07:59Oh, this is interesting.
08:00What was you?
08:01So, mine was goalkeeper.
08:02No way.
08:03It was, yeah.
08:04Because I was really bad at football
08:07when I was a kid.
08:08So, for a lot of my youth, I was very bad.
08:11So, I think it was more,
08:13like, my friends used to play football,
08:15but they were a bit older than me.
08:16Yeah.
08:17So, I ended up just going along to train with them,
08:19just because I wanted to spend time with them,
08:20but they needed a keeper.
08:21I went in, so I would say,
08:22probably the first three, four years,
08:24I was a keeper.
08:25But we played quite a good team,
08:27so I never touched the ball.
08:28So, after that, I turned the game out
08:29and ended up playing.
08:30Hey, centre-back then?
08:31Centre-back.
08:32Centre-back or left-back.
08:33Left-back.
08:34I wasn't that tall when I was really,
08:36like, 16, 17,
08:37I really kicked on and that.
08:38So, it tended to be left-back or centre-back.
08:40So, when you kept getting taller and taller,
08:41what were you thinking?
08:42Do you know when you go through a growth spurt,
08:44it's crazy, like, your body,
08:45you don't know how to control it.
08:46But when you just kept getting so tall...
08:48So, I was probably tall, like, 11 or 12,
08:50and then everyone caught up and shot away.
08:52And then from year 10, year 11,
08:54I remember doing the six-week holidays,
08:55and honestly, I must have grown about five inches.
08:57No.
08:58Come back and everyone was like...
09:00You're a person.
09:01I was like, that is weird, man.
09:02But then, as I said,
09:03I was so skinny that, like,
09:06honestly, I don't think my body really caught up to myself.
09:08I was, like, 24, 25.
09:10It was a bit hard as well.
09:12It was, like, absolutely crazy.
09:13But obviously, I wasn't at an academy and stuff,
09:15so, like, football-wise for me,
09:17I was just, like, playing with my mates,
09:19I'd play five-a-side,
09:20we'd do a bit of futsal and that,
09:21so it wasn't where it was, like...
09:23Your stomach's crazy.
09:24...pressure on me to stay at a club and do all that.
09:28I was just playing for the craft, you know what I mean?
09:30That's so good.
09:31Yeah, that's tops.
09:32You?
09:33What about you, what would be your position?
09:34I thought you were, like, right wing or striker or something.
09:36Oh, I made my England debut at right wing, actually.
09:38Really, yeah?
09:39I didn't even tell you that, yeah.
09:40What age was that, 15?
09:4115.
09:42Right wing.
09:43But, yeah, I was more midfielder sort of,
09:46but I could do a lot.
09:47Not like that, but I just...
09:49Oh, yeah, yeah.
09:50I think in the academy level,
09:51you get moved around so much, don't you?
09:53Like, they just put you in different positions all the time.
09:55Yeah.
09:56Like, I think when I was at Chelsea,
09:57I was a striker.
09:58Yeah.
09:59Got to under 13 and I slowed up.
10:00That ability.
10:01Nah, I slowed up.
10:02This guy's ability, man.
10:04Crazy.
10:05And then I went to midfield,
10:06then I went to centre back,
10:07then back to midfield,
10:08so I've played a bit of everywhere, to be honest.
10:09But football's a mad sport.
10:10Yeah.
10:11If you can adapt, it's good.
10:12Yeah.
10:13Absolutely.
10:14It means you get to start more.
10:15Yeah.
10:16And do more positions.
10:17Oh, yeah, I love playing Kerala.
10:18That's my...
10:19I'm proud of it, man.
10:20I'll do a goalkeeper if it helps.
10:21The journey.
10:26Quite broad, I think.
10:28It's been a good journey so far.
10:31A lot of learning experiences.
10:34Always been at Arsenal, Chelsea at first.
10:36How old were you when you were at Arsenal, Chelsea?
10:38From like 6, 7?
10:40Under 9s.
10:41I was at Chelsea, Arsenal.
10:42Marvellous.
10:43You was going between the two?
10:44Yeah.
10:45Yeah, cos at that age, obviously,
10:46you don't have to sign for anyone.
10:47Yeah.
10:48And then you chose Arsenal.
10:49Yeah, I chose Arsenal
10:50and then still look back.
10:51Yeah, yeah.
10:52Just kept playing there.
10:53Good environment, you know.
10:54Just the vibe around Arsenal was such a good energy.
10:57Yeah, yeah.
10:58But, mate, in football, everything's up and down.
10:59You never know what's going to happen.
11:00Yeah.
11:01Your journey's different to mine.
11:02His journey's insane.
11:04Insane.
11:05He's playing football with his mates still
11:06at like 23, 24.
11:07Seriously.
11:08Yeah, so like,
11:09I was never signed to academy.
11:11Ever.
11:12So I did like,
11:13I had like a thing in Newcastle.
11:14Obviously, I could go on all day,
11:15so I'll try and make it short.
11:16So they had like a thing called
11:17the Development Centre,
11:18which is like where I used to go there.
11:19You weren't signed on,
11:20but you could train.
11:21And then I got released from there
11:23when I was like 11.
11:24And then from 11 to 17,
11:25I was just playing like grassroots football.
11:28Just playing with my mates, really.
11:30They did like,
11:31everyone got signed on for YTs and all that.
11:33It was like an England thing,
11:34where it was like players
11:35who hadn't been picked up,
11:36and you went and played like Scotland, Wales.
11:37Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:38And I got a trial of Darlington from there
11:39at like 17,
11:40and then just like started working my way
11:42sort of through the leagues.
11:43I went like Fulham.
11:44When I was 18,
11:45Fulham bought us.
11:46Yeah.
11:47And then,
11:48I got released at 25 from Fulham,
11:50went back down to League One,
11:51and then like worked my way back up.
11:53So it's been like,
11:54yeah.
11:55It's incredible.
11:56It's absolutely mad.
11:57That's crazy.
11:58That's unreal.
11:59Do you still have that card there?
12:00Which one?
12:01The little one.
12:03The blue Peugeot.
12:04Yeah, no, I don't have that.
12:05Impossible though, yeah?
12:06I had like a...
12:07I've not seen that one.
12:08No, my first car.
12:09So like when I was at Darlington,
12:10my first car was like this,
12:11it was like a leprechaun blue Peugeot 206,
12:14and I like ran it into the ground there.
12:16A load of mileage on it.
12:18And then like,
12:19I must have left it by the first team lads,
12:21when I was in the youth team,
12:22and I come back and they'd like,
12:23covered it in trees and leaves.
12:25Ah, typical.
12:26Absolutely battered,
12:27but there's a picture,
12:28because I must have been at the time,
12:30it was like Hollister.
12:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
12:33I had like this proper surfer boy hairstyle,
12:35fringe and all sorts.
12:36How big was that back in the day?
12:38Hollister, Abercrombie, everyone was in it.
12:40I was dripping in Hollister, honestly.
12:42But yeah, so that was my first car,
12:44it was class,
12:45but now unfortunately,
12:46I don't have it anymore.
12:47How do you try and sit in that car now?
12:49Yeah, I don't know how I did it.
12:51Honestly, it was a shit.
12:52Mate, the Peugeot,
12:53they're all tiny.
12:54And there's like five people in it.
12:55So like at the time,
12:56I was at Darlington,
12:57it used to cost us,
12:58we were trained in Durham,
12:59so it was like 40 miles away,
13:01and it cost us 80 quid a week in petrol
13:03to get there.
13:04And I was only on 55 quid a week.
13:05So I had to charge the lads like money.
13:07Yeah, yeah, come on lads.
13:08I was like,
13:09listen, you're going to have to give us money,
13:10I can't even get a drink.
13:11That's lit.
13:13Oh my word.
13:16I used to get highlights and everything.
13:17Do you know what the worst thing is?
13:19My missus went out with me.
13:21Was that you Dan?
13:22That is me.
13:23That's true love.
13:24How old are you?
13:2518.
13:26That's me.
13:27How old are you Dan?
13:2818.
13:29Mara.
13:32So to Roz,
13:33I thank you for taking a chance on us
13:35when I had this haircut.
13:36Sorry.
13:37That's legendary.
13:38Wow.
13:39First England memory.
13:41So my first England memory
13:43was why I fell in love with football.
13:46I was sat at my grandma's
13:48and it was England,
13:50Greece won Beckham,
13:51scored a free kick.
13:52I remember I went in,
13:53I thought wow,
13:54football is class.
13:55Unreal.
13:56I think that's what really
13:58pushes into
13:59sort of wanting to
14:01be him.
14:02Do that sort of thing.
14:04Do you know what I mean?
14:05The 2002 World Cup was like
14:06unreal.
14:07Insane.
14:08Absolutely crazy.
14:09You wouldn't even be alive.
14:10When were you born?
14:11Day six.
14:12Mate, don't.
14:13Honestly,
14:14I was speaking to him the other day
14:15we was having snacks at like
14:16half eleven.
14:17Do you know when Premier League years comes up
14:19on the telly
14:20and I was asking him about
14:21ex-top players
14:22and he was just looking at me
14:23like I was speaking a different language
14:25and I was thinking
14:26you weren't even born then.
14:27Why am I asking you?
14:28It's so scary.
14:30Absolutely.
14:31My first England memory
14:32was
14:33it's actually
14:34it was a specific goal
14:35because I tried to recreate it.
14:37Do you remember Joe Cole's goal again?
14:38He was my favourite player as a kid,
14:39Joe Cole.
14:40His goal against Sweden
14:41where he chested it
14:42and volleyed it
14:43and hit the post and went in
14:44and he ran off celebrating.
14:45You probably don't remember that goal
14:47or might not have seen it
14:48but in playgrounds at school
14:50when you play with your mates
14:51everyone used to just
14:52even when you were a kid
14:53you used to say
14:54Bruni,
14:55pretend to be a player.
14:56That Joe Cole goal for me
14:57that was what made me think
14:58wow, that was special
15:00because he was so good back then as well.
15:02Back in the day.
15:03His first memory is going to be for me.
15:05Is this Dick?
15:07Is that the same answer?
15:08Yeah.
15:09When I was younger
15:10my idol was Joe Cole.
15:11Okay.
15:12Look at that!
15:15And when he scored that goal
15:16against Sweden
15:17where he chested it
15:18and volleyed
15:19I told you mate
15:20he liked that goal that much.
15:21Yeah, no bro
15:22watch the goal after
15:23we love it.
15:24Six, yeah.
15:25Ashley Cole
15:26look at the barnet
15:28and the teeth
15:29Jesus.
15:33Invisalign saved my life.
15:41Yours is going to be like
15:42from 2012 or something isn't it?
15:44But not even that probably
15:45like 2016 Euros maybe.
15:46Harry King
15:47and the record goals for us.
15:51I was a boob I think
15:52for one of the games at Wembley.
15:54You would have been young then though.
15:55Yeah.
15:56Do you remember who was playing?
15:58The match?
15:59England players.
16:00What year was that been?
16:01It was a different player.
16:03Merv actually.
16:04No way.
16:052012.
16:06Yeah but I'm seven years older than you
16:08so it might have been.
16:09Yeah.
16:10What are you 25?
16:11Six.
16:12I don't know do you want one?
16:13It's not mate
16:14I'm getting well old.
16:15You're 26
16:16I would do a lot to be 26.
16:19You're saying that
16:20I might have been playing in that
16:21if he was a ball boy.
16:22Yeah, there might be a possibility of that.
16:23We'll have a look into it after.
16:25England five a side.
16:27You're going to put me in the mud here.
16:29Now or all time?
16:31No, all time please.
16:32I can't do this.
16:33Do it now.
16:35You can pick five.
16:36It's nothing personal.
16:37It's just like
16:38who would you think would be the best five?
16:40It's nothing personal
16:41but if I'm not in it mate.
16:42He's storming out if you don't pick him.
16:45I'll go first.
16:46I'll go first.
16:49I'll go picks and goal.
16:50I'll go picks and goal.
16:53I'll play Harry Kane.
16:56Goal scorer.
16:57I'm going to say
16:58I'm going to go goalie.
16:59I'm going to stick with me boy.
17:01Sharp.
17:02Yes, very sharp.
17:03Agility.
17:04Dips inside.
17:05Right foot.
17:06Bit of everything.
17:07Stem toe up top.
17:09Wow, it is actually harder than you think isn't it?
17:11I'll go Jude.
17:13I'll go Jude.
17:14I haven't seen a lot of them
17:15but just like
17:16I was going to pick Jude
17:17just for that.
17:18Five a side.
17:19Box to box.
17:20Just more from what people have said to us.
17:22I think I'd put him in.
17:24And then a defender.
17:26What defender would I pick?
17:27I'll go
17:28Mark Gay.
17:30He'd be good.
17:31From what I've seen
17:32and like
17:33when I've played against him
17:35and what I've seen of him
17:36I think he'd be
17:37not that I've seen him in a 5-0
17:38but I think he'd be good in a 5-0.
17:40And you're going in mine.
17:41Just off your foot
17:42you said you used to play futsal.
17:43Yes.
17:44Five a side.
17:45So I can imagine you'd be good at five a side.
17:46Yes, no.
17:47I do phantom myself in a 5-0.
17:49And you're quick as well.
17:50You are quick.
17:51Yeah, from your size I'd say.
17:53And can I just say
17:54the futsal level I was playing at
17:55we're not talking England futsal.
17:56Yeah, but they're still experienced.
18:00I'm going
18:01Brambo in goal
18:02because he's my boy
18:04and he loves playing
18:05like just constantly
18:06when I was at Arsenal
18:07he just used to come
18:08five a side all the time.
18:09I'm going
18:10Dan Burnt at the back
18:11because he's so tall
18:12he's quick
18:13and he used to play futsal
18:14and he's good on the ball.
18:15So that's good for five a side.
18:16Midfield
18:17I'm going to go
18:18because box to box
18:19he can defend
18:20and he can attack.
18:21And then my two up front
18:22he's not in this squad
18:23he just pulled out
18:24but I'm going to go
18:25Cole Palmer
18:26and Harry Kane
18:27to be the goal scorer
18:28and Cole Palmer too.
18:29He's just unbelievable
18:30just to link everything up.
18:32Similar to you
18:33I'm going to go Rambo
18:34he has that quality
18:35he knows what he's doing.
18:37CB
18:38at the back
18:39probably Carl.
18:40Yeah, Carl.
18:41I don't see anyone getting past him
18:42in five a side.
18:43Midfield
18:45Who can I pick in midfield?
18:49I'll say Curtis
18:50a bit of a link up.
18:53And then Harry Kane
18:54of course Phil.
18:55I feel like Phil can
18:57Phil, Shah,
18:58shift shot.
19:00The talent's a joke.
19:04It's unbelievable.
19:05So there are five a side
19:07from the current England squad.
19:09Now all times
19:10now I'm joking.
19:11Nickname
19:12best and worst.
19:15I shouldn't hear this.
19:16Yeah, I don't
19:17I didn't have a lot
19:18only when I went to Newcastle
19:19did I start getting a nickname.
19:21So I get Burnie
19:22obviously
19:23and then BDB
19:24I get a lot
19:25the big Dan Burn.
19:26I'm trying to think of bad ones.
19:28Yeah, there has been some bad ones.
19:30I just don't know what could actually be put
19:32on social media.
19:36There has been some bad ones.
19:37No, those are the only ones I really get.
19:38Did lads just call you Burnie?
19:39Yeah, pretty much.
19:40But I've always been Dan
19:41like ever since I was a kid.
19:42But there was that many Dan's
19:44when I got to Newcastle
19:45and I just ended up with Burnie.
19:47Yeah, well my nickname is
19:49I've never had a nickname
19:50until I went to Arsenal.
19:51I think it came out
19:52because everyone at Arsenal training
19:54called me horse.
19:55Horse?
19:56Yeah, in the morning.
19:57So even the nutritionist
19:58is like morning horse.
20:01Zinchenko started it off.
20:03I'm going to have to show you
20:04a funny video
20:05I'll play it after.
20:06He just started it off
20:07he was like
20:09the way he says it
20:10you're our horse man.
20:11That's how he says it.
20:12He goes you're our horse man.
20:13I was like what do you mean?
20:14He was like bro
20:15you're on the horse.
20:16Back and forth.
20:17And I was like
20:18alright fair enough.
20:20That's exactly how he says it as well.
20:21And then Georginio started it off
20:23and it was so funny
20:24on Instagram the other day
20:25I had a notification
20:26Zinchenko sent me a video
20:27and I thought
20:28what is that?
20:29And he sent me like
20:30this horse running on the beach.
20:31And he was like
20:32this is you.
20:33I was like mate
20:34that's so random.
20:35But yeah
20:36I think
20:37I have no idea
20:38why that is hilarious
20:39and I just
20:40take it with a pinch of salt.
20:41Yeah.
20:42I don't
20:43I haven't got an interview.
20:44What did
20:45the academy boys call you?
20:46Was it just a smile?
20:47Skelly.
20:48Just Skelly?
20:49MLS.
20:50MLS, yeah it's easy.
20:51Yeah it's simple.
20:52MLS is what you like.
20:53Nice.
20:54It sounds good.
20:55Yeah it's a good one.
20:57Wembley.
20:59Top.
21:00So if you get the chance to
21:02hopefully start
21:03come on
21:04would you
21:05how would you feel about it?
21:06First time playing at Wembley.
21:07Yeah that would be amazing.
21:08Honestly
21:09I've never played there before
21:10so it would be my first time.
21:12And yeah
21:13watching it on TV
21:14it looks massive.
21:15The pitch is big.
21:16Ask him from Sunday.
21:18It is ridiculous.
21:20I don't know why
21:21I don't know if it is
21:22actually the biggest pitch
21:23but it just feels like
21:24it's enormous.
21:25Yeah especially to play
21:26for your country
21:27first time there
21:28it would be incredible.
21:30Yeah that feeling
21:31is England at Wembley
21:32is like it hits different.
21:33It's so good.
21:34Was that your
21:35was your first appearance
21:36at Wembley?
21:37Yeah it was against
21:38Czech Republic
21:39in 2019.
21:40We won 3-0
21:41come on
21:42like the 61st
21:43minute.
21:44It was a nice game
21:45to come into
21:46because it was 3-0 up
21:47so we had the ball
21:48it wasn't down
21:49it wasn't a tight game
21:50so that was a nice
21:51introduction but
21:52playing for England
21:53at Wembley
21:54it's just
21:55it's unbelievable
21:56I can't describe it
21:57it's so so so special.
21:59Played League One
22:00playoff final there.
22:01Back in 2011
22:02we had the FA Trophy
22:03which was like
22:05so we got the final
22:06and that part was injured
22:07so I missed that
22:08so I've been there a few times
22:09but yeah
22:10the thought of going out
22:11and running out
22:12of the England kit
22:13and that is
22:14I think it's just
22:15what you dream of
22:16when you're a kid
22:17so yeah
22:18it would be special
22:19I'd just love to
22:20get on the pitch
22:21at some point
22:22and even just the fact
22:23that this camp
22:24both games
22:25are at Wembley
22:26at home and that's
22:27yeah
22:28unbelievable man.
22:29Top.
22:30Future Gaffer.
22:31So in this current
22:32England squad
22:33who do you think
22:34is the future gaffer?
22:35So yeah
22:36I thought Hendo
22:37straight away
22:39Everyone says Hendo
22:40Not even like the age
22:41I think
22:42it's just more
22:43like I haven't spent
22:44a lot of time with him
22:45don't get us wrong
22:46but just like the impression
22:47you get of him
22:48and from what I've heard
22:49from people who've
22:50been round him
22:51and played with him
22:52I just think that he's
22:53got that sort of
22:54sort of mentality
22:55I think it's hard
22:56like to be a manager now
22:57like the amount of detail
22:58that the manager's put in
22:59is ridiculous
23:00when you think
23:01that's who you'd be
23:02competing with
23:04mentality wise
23:05I'd probably say him
23:06Yeah
23:07I'd agree
23:08I've obviously played
23:09with him loads for England
23:10and he's helped me out
23:11so much
23:12we've grown closer
23:13as I've got older as well
23:14definitely
23:15like you said
23:16one of the best leaders
23:17I've probably come across
23:18and I think just
23:19his attention to detail
23:20even with the way
23:21he trains and like
23:22drives standards
23:23like you'll see
23:24he's so so good at it
23:25so I think he's got it in him
23:26if he doesn't want
23:27the stress levels though
23:28I wouldn't go near it
23:29but I think if Endo
23:30wants to be manager
23:31I'll say Hendo
23:32yeah
23:33that was more than my head
23:34yeah Henderson
23:35the way he carries himself
23:37this is different you know
23:38so yeah
23:39I'd have to go with him
23:40I think
23:41oh there's someone over here
23:42you could be a gaffer
23:43I've just done my B licence
23:44like
23:45oh yeah
23:46the way I've seen like
23:47Eddie Howe
23:48and Graham Potter
23:49and like
23:50Thomas and that
23:51like the amount of
23:52time
23:53that you actually
23:54have to put in
23:55or like the minute
23:56where you can train
23:57and go home
23:58and switch off a bit
23:59where it's like
24:0024-7
24:01it'll be someone
24:02random though you know
24:03who does become a manager
24:04it'll be someone
24:05well I was saying Hendo
24:06it'll be like
24:07someone completely random
24:08who you don't think
24:09Marcus
24:10yeah
24:11something like that
24:12yeah
24:13on the flip side
24:14who would be the worst gaffer
24:16in the team
24:18it's hard
24:19I've only been here a day
24:21worst gaffer
24:22in the team
24:23you might have to help
24:24but yeah
24:25I'm gonna go
24:26for my boy
24:27just because
24:28he just
24:29never takes anything
24:30seriously
24:31as we consult
24:32I got on so well
24:33Ben's right
24:34but
24:35if he was a manager
24:36he'd be like
24:37he just
24:38yeah
24:39he wouldn't be dedicated
24:40enough to it
24:41like I could just
24:42imagine him not like
24:43if he lost a few games
24:44in a row
24:45he'd just be like
24:46do you think he'd be
24:47an old school manager
24:48that just like
24:49he just picks a team
24:50on a Saturday
24:51and then like
24:52everyone else
24:53he'd have an assistant
24:54and a few others
24:55who'd do everything for him
24:56he'd be a lazy gaffer
24:57so I'm gonna say yes
24:58for sure
25:00I'm just going to go with you
25:01because honestly
25:02I could not even
25:03if I was gaffer
25:04guaranteed Vegas trip
25:05once a year
25:07I'll come play
25:08yeah come play
25:09I'll sign you
25:11we've had 50 at the time
25:12but I'll still
25:13come out of the tournament
25:14for you
25:20you ok?
25:21I can't do the cheap stuff
25:23I can only get the side
25:24look at this
25:27what can you say
25:29I haven't just turned up
25:30for that actually