Liverpool legend Graeme Souness says Steven Gerrard has made the greatest contribution to the England game in the last ten years.
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Should the Reds skipper start in Wednesday night's international friendly against Sweden, he will become only the sixth player to have won 100 caps for the Three Lions.
Souness, who was a part of the Merseysiders' dream team of the 70's and 80's and captained them to European Cup success, believes Gerrard has been the best English player in the last decade.
"I'm trying to think over the last 10 years...I'd have him as number one," said the former Scotland international.
"Frank Lampard is a great midfield player and scorer of goals but I think Steven has the edge on him - then you start to compare him with strikers.
"John Terry has been a great player for England but you can't compare a midfield player and a centre-back.
"You say best but I think the question you have to ask is 'Biggest influence on the team'?
"I'd say that Steven Gerrard has had the biggest influence on the England team in the last 10 years."
And Souness says that the 32-year-old would have strolled into any one of the greatest Liverpool teams in history.
"He would get in any team that Liverpool have had that I know of," said the 59-year-old.
"He certainly would have got in the team when we played, when we were dominating the game.
"For the best part of 10 years, he has been Mr Liverpool, he has carried a team through some sticky points.
"From a European Cup final in Istanbul to games where they have been drifting, where the game has maybe been going away from them, he has done something magical, scored a goal or created something.
"He has been the outstanding performer at Liverpool in the last 10 years by a country mile."
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