10 dark horses for England's 2018 World Cup squad 

Nick Pope
Nick Pope

#7 Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United)

Newcastle United v Stoke City - Premier League
Jamaal Lascelles

Newcastle United may be a newly-promoted side, but last season, they were a Premier League side that were having a sabbatical in the Championship.

The Magpies' struggles have seen the emergence of a born leader in Jamaal Lascelles though.

Lascelles was signed by Newcastle from Nottingham Forest in 2014 but was immediately loaned back to Forest to ensure the centre-back got regular first-team football.

It paid dividends too as Lascelles immediately became a Newcastle mainstay in the side that got relegated from England's top tier.

The first real decision Rafa Benitez made as Toon chief was to name Lascelles as Newcastle skipper and, as captain, he led the North East club to last year's Championship title.

He has made a positive start back in the Premier League too, as Newcastle have kept three clean sheets and the defender has scored two goals.

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