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Kobbie Mainoo is England's latest hope for solving key midfield problem

Source: Mike Egerton/PA Wire

Watching Sunday’s dramatic FA Cup quarter-final double-header, I had a first proper glimpse this season of one of England’s next great hopes in midfield.

No, not Kobbie Mainoo — although more on him shortly — but Harry Winks, whose Leicester side were eventually seen off by Chelsea in a belter at Stamford Bridge.

Admittedly, it is five years now since Gareth Southgate regarded Winks as the missing piece in his developing England team, with the manager’s assistant, Steve

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