MATT BARLOW: It was the morning after England had been demolished by Germany in the Under-21 Euros final and Sir Trevor Brooking was sifting through the debris in a Malmo hotel.
An article discusses England's inability to produce top strikers, centre backs, and goalkeepers, tracing the issue back to a perceived lack of creative playmakers like Mesut Ozil. The article cites Sir Trevor Brooking's observation following England's U-21 Euros final loss to Germany in 2009, where Ozil was a key creative force. The article questions whether England has since produced players with Ozil's qualities and notes a scarcity of quality centre halves and centre forwards.
