Former England captain Alan Shearer believes England manager Roy Hodgson has made a mistake in omitting Leicester City midfielder Danny Drinkwater from the final 23-man squad for Euro 2016, talkSport reports.
The 26-year-old played an integral role in securing an unlikely Premier League title win for Leicester and earned his first England call-up and cap in the March friendlies against Germany and the Netherlands.
He earned a call from Roy Hodgson for the provisional squad and played in the warm-up wins against Turkey and Australia hoping to impress, but he was ultimately cut from the final squad on Tuesday.
Arsenal's Jack Wilshere and Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge have been included despite their injury troubles this season, especially with Wilshere only making a few appearances in the league this season.
And Shearer, who has 63 England caps to his name, believes the reputation of Arsenal's Wilshere has played a part in Drinkwater's omission.
"Drinkwater has had a magnificent season. He deserved to be in the squad," he said in an interview. "Once again, Hodgson has gone for reputation rather than form and I hope that gamble pays off for him.
"He's made that decision, he's got to stick by it and let's wait and see now."
Despite his misgivings over the midfield selections, the Newcastle legend is excited at England's prospects in the attacking department with the likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli hoping to fire England to glory.
"It is obviously a young squad, a very energetic squad, and a lot of the youngsters in the squad have had brilliant seasons and deserve to be there," Shearer added.
"We will score goals and create chances but my one worry is defensively. Certainly from the two friendly games recently that would be a concern.
"But there is no doubt with Harry Kane up there, with Dele Alli, we will go forward, we will look exciting and we will score goals."
England will kick off their Euro 2016 campaign against Russia in Group B on 11th June with subsequent matches against Wales and Slovakia.