For years now, I have bemoaned the lack of English No 10s coming through the ranks.
You look at Spain and the names trip off the tongue: Andres Iniesta, Cesc Fabregas, Isco, David Silva. There is a conveyor belt of Spanish creative geniuses.
In Raheem Sterling, however, England may finally have the closest thing to a master manipulator on the ball.
Sterling starts wide on the right for Manchester City but in England's friendlies last week he was the perfect 10.