West Ham United star Lucas Paqueta has been “top-class” in claret and blue, according to Ally McCoist.
The verdict from the talkSPORT pundit comes after the Hammers ace played for Brazil as they beat England 1-0.
Paqueta started and played 71 minutes as the South American nation beat the Three Lions in a Wembley friendly on Saturday (23 March).
“England in qualifying games look the part, and they are, they always qualify with some style,” McCoist said on talkSPORT.
“But they were effectively playing against a Real Madrid and Barcelona side… Paqueta is top-class at West Ham, Bruno Guimaraes at Newcastle… you’re talking about an extremely high level of forward-thinking players.”
West Ham star Lucas Paqueta has night to remember at Wembley
There were a whole host of star players on show at the national stadium on Saturday, for both England and Brazil.
And it was the visitors who ran out narrow winners, with Real Madrid-bound Endrick scoring a late winner from the bench.
