Is Grealish the new Carrick and Scholes for England?

[NoPace]

I actually think Beckham would be playing in the KDB position. He had the work rate to keep up. Remember his passing ability was up there with Scholes'. He was also an incredibly intelligent player, people forget that United in 2000 and 2001 were a very good passing side. They had a lot of good movement off the ball, particularly in midfield. When attacking, I've always believed that team was more of a wide 4132 than simply a 442, Beckham and Giggs were constantly roaming into central positions.

Eh, I don't think he was necessarily good enough in tight spaces.

Teams do play a fair bit of 4-3-3 and he'd make sense on the side. Like the way France use Rabiot and used to use Matuidi. More wing forwards now and less wingers, so easy to see Beckham on the right of a fairly even 3 in midfield with a left-footer ahead of him cutting in and allowing him space to get wide and cross at times.