10 dark horses for England's 2018 World Cup squad 

#5 Harry Winks (Tottenham Hotspur)

Harry Winks

Since arriving in the Premier League, Mauricio Pochettino has been credited with bringing a whole host of English talent to the national team set-up and the next one off the conveyor belt is young Tottenham midfielder, Harry Winks.

Winks, 21, was more of a bit-part player for the ever-improving Spurs last season as, although he made a surprisingly-high 21 league appearances for Pochettino's men, they were predominantly off the bench.

Now though, as central midfield pair Victor Wanyama and Moussa Dembele struggle with injury, he is establishing himself as a key component in Tottenham's English core that also consists of Danny Rose, when fit again, Eric Dier, Dele Alli and, of course, Harry Kane.

As mentioned previously, England have a real problem with creative midfielders, or lack thereof and Winks has already started to show he is capable of filling that gap as, on his England debut, he was the man-of-the-match in a 1-0 win over Lithuania in their final qualifier.

He combined well with Spurs colleagues Alli and Kane, which will only help his easing into the senior team.

A sign of Winks' rapid development is that he has only been capped twice by the Under-21 side, and if he keeps up this current form, he will have more than that for the seniors in no time at all.