“I’d push to say in the next year he could get an England place – I think he’s been that good.” Bird trained regularly with the first team under Frank Lampard last season and has enjoyed a run of games since Christmas. “He’s probably the first name on the team sheet,” said Rooney, adding the midfielder should be on the lips of coaches at St George’s Park. Phillip Cocu has been spoilt for choice when it comes to academy talent –Jason Knight and, more recently, Louie Sibley have made a splash – but Bird’s progress has been striking, with Wayne Rooney recently underlining the teenager’s growing importance. Chair was born in Antwerp but is of Moroccan descent, prompting inevitable comparisons to the former Loftus Road favourite Adel Taarabt and, though he is only 5ft 2in, the livewire No 10 packs a punch. Eze earned his stripes on loan at then League Two Wycombe and Chair added further vim to the first team, scoring five goals in 36 appearances following a fruitful six months at Stevenage last year. Read more Ilias Chair, 22, Queens Park Rangersīrentford’s “BMW” of Benrahma, Mbeumo and Watkins have made a big impression but so have QPR’s three-pronged attack, with Chair impressing in between Eberechi Eze and Bright Osayi-Samuel behind, more often than not, a lone striker.
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