Paul Gascoigne makes bizarre Jude Bellingham claim while naming his two favourite England players

Paul Gascoigne has named his favourite two England players and made a bizarre claim about Jude Bellingham which might surprise you.

Gazza won 57 caps for his country and scored 10 goals across a decade, playing for the Three Lions in the likes of the 1990 World Cup and Euro 96.

He played for Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton and Burnley in his club career, before going on to manage Kettering Town in 2005.

This summer sees England head to Germany for Euro 2024, where they will be aiming to go one better than the runners-up spot they managed at Euro 2020, which was delayed a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Gareth Southgate's side are in Group C and take on Serbia, Slovenia and Denmark in their way before the knockout phase of the competition.

Southgate recently picked his squad and did not pick some big names initially, such as Manchester United's Marcus Rashford, and cut the likes of Manchester City's Jack Grealish when it came to selecting his final 26-man selection for the tournament in Germany.

And it turns out Southgate dropped two of Gascoigne's two favourite players for the Three Lions.

Speaking on The Rest Is Football podcast with Alan Shearer, Gary Lineker and Micah Richards, he explained why he likes Rashford and Grealish so much.

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And somewhat bizarrely, Gascoigne has admitted he does not really know too much about Real Madrid star Bellingham, who is likely to be one of England's key players this summer.

He said: "I only know a couple. I like Jack Grealish because he always wants to be on the ball. Bellingham - I'd never heard of him to be fair apart from the last two games.

"I was doing an interview and they said, 'What do you think of Bellingham?' I said, 'Who's he?' That was only a few weeks ago.

"I've [since] seen him play for Real Madrid and he was quality, so he's good. I like Marcus Rashford, I think he's got some great talent. I think if he just livened up a little bit he'd be even better."

At least Gascoigne is now a fan of Bellingham.