England can win major tournaments without trying to copy Spain, Anthony Gordon has said as the Three Lions prepare to face the world champions.
England will meet Spain at Wembley on Saturday in their first game together since the World Cup, where Thomas Tuchel’s side reached the semi-finals before beating France in the third-place match.
Gordon believes England should focus on their own strengths rather than attempting to reproduce Spain’s possession-based style.
As reported by BBC Sport on Thursday, Gordon was quoted as saying, “We can’t keep looking at other countries and trying to be like them, because we’re not them – we’re English and we have our own strengths which they don’t have.
“So maybe we start playing the way we’re good at.”The Barcelona winger has gained first-hand experience of Spanish football since moving to the Catalan club from Newcastle for £69.3m in the summer.
Gordon said that experience had given him a different perspective on the way Spanish players control games.
