Declan Rice has admitted he is looking forward to facing Thomas Muller and Toni Kroos at Wembley on Tuesday, having praised the Germany duo for their performances on Twitter over the past 12 months.
Rice's England face Joachim Low's men in the last 16 at Euro 2020, with the former having come top of Group D while the latter finished runners-up in Group F, considered by many to have been the Group of Death.
Muller and Kroos, both 31, are among the more experienced heads in the Germany squad but have been on the receiving end of glowing words from 22-year-old West Ham star Rice.