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Adam Lallana was Liverpool's best available Mo Salah impersonation when the Egyptian star was forced off in the first half of the 3-1 Champions League final defeat against Real Madrid.

That Real could call on Lallana's former Southampton academy team-mate, superstar Gareth Bale, to turn the game with two match-winning goals underlined the gulf in quality on the two sides' respective benches.

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Another side who struggle for depth, especially in creative areas are England and yet Lallana has been included on the standby list to the 23-man party who will travel to Russia next month in pursuit of a summer of football that can make the nation proud.

We asked you whether Lallana should be among that group, which included utility players such as Manchester City's Fabian Delph and 68 per cent of the responses said yes, as you can see in the poll results below...