Adam Wharton is a “joy to play with”, according to Crystal Palace and England team-mate Eberechi Eze.
Eze made his first start for the Three Lions in the 3-0 win against Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday night, while Wharton came off the bench to make his senior international debut.
The pair were integral as Palace finished the Premier League season strongly, racking up successive wins against Manchester United, Wolves and Aston Villa.
Eze says Wharton plays with maturity despite his youth and has been impressed by how quickly the midfielder adapted to top flight football.
He told BBC Sport: "He's an incredible player to play with. Playing with him at Palace, I've got used to seeing the way he plays and understanding him. He's very calm, composed and a joy to play with.
"For someone so young, he's very mature and very wise. When you speak to him, it feels like you're speaking to someone older than you, that's the type of person he is. He's an incredible player."
Wharton could also be involved against Iceland at Wembley on Friday night before Gareth Southgate’s 33-man squad is trimmed down for the Euros in Germany.
Ex-Everton midfielder Leon Osman, who represented England during his playing career, also raved about the former Rovers youngster.
He added: "It's the fact he played with such confidence in such a crucial area of the pitch.
"It's so vital somebody plays the ball to our attackers as quickly as possible and giving them the ball in those dangerous pockets.
“I think one of the reasons Eberechi Eze has looked so good for Crystal Palace this season is because Wharton has been getting him the ball a lot sooner.
"If you've got someone who isn't just thinking about keeping the ball and buying the extra pass, they're actually thinking about the plan, they can see the vision, they're playing it round the corner to get it into those players, we're going to be a lot more effective in that final third."
England kick off the Euros against Serbia on Sunday, June 16. Southgate’s men also have group matches against Denmark and Slovenia as they aim to go one step further than their penalty shoot-out heartbreak against Italy in the final three years ago.
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