Shaw backed to be England star

Adam Lallana and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain have both praised the performances of Luke Shaw as the Southampton full-back looks set to make his England debut tomorrow night.

The 18-year-old has been named alongside Ashley Cole and Leighton Baines as manager Roy Hodgson evaluates his options at left-back ahead of naming his World Cup squad on May 13.

Shaw, who alongside Lallana, Jay Rodriguez and Rickie Lambert makes up a quartet of Southampton players in Hodgson’s 30-man squad for the meeting with Denmark, has enjoyed an impressive season so far and Lallana admits it came as no surprise to see his club-mate named in the senior set-up.