Antonio Conte has hailed Eric Dier as one of the Premier League’s best defenders and called on him to add goals from set-pieces to improve his claims for an England recall ahead of the World Cup.
Conte insisted he would never tell Gareth Southgate who to select because he understood the pressures on international managers.
But the England boss has been impressed by Dier’s fine form for Tottenham this season, and is thinking of bringing him back into the squad for this month’s Nations League games against Italy and Germany.