'Shy' Anderson on England nerves and becoming a leader

Breaking news from the world of sport: 'Shy' Anderson on England nerves and becoming a leader Published 15 minutes ago The Football Interview is a new series in which the biggest names in sport and entertainment join host Kelly Somers for bold and in-depth conversations about the nation's favourite sport. We'll explore mindset and motivation, and talk about defining moments, career highs and personal reflections. The Football Interview brings you the person behind the player.

Interviews will drop on weekends across iPlayer, YouTube, Sounds and the Sport website and app. This week's interview will be broadcast on One from 23:35 BST on Saturday, 2 May (and in Scotland at 00:35 on Sunday). Elliot Anderson's stock has risen quickly.

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Four years on from playing in League Two with Bristol Rovers, the Nottingham Forest midfielder has become a regular in Thomas Tuchel's England squad and is tipped to play a lead role at the World Cup this summer. The 23-year-old has started six of England's past eight games, having been named in the tournament's best XI as the Three Lions won the European Under-21 Championship last summer. Things have not gone as well for Forest, and they are still in the relegation scrap as they go into the final four games of a season in which they have had four managers.

Anderson sat down with Kelly Somers early last month to talk about his first England call-up, proving himself to his team-mates, and coming out of his shell. To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. This video can not be played Figure caption, Tuchel's helped me understand new role - Anderson Kelly Somers : Let's take you back to the very beginning, Elliot.

how did it first become a thing in your life? What are your earliest memories? Elliot Anderson: I've got two older brothers who were football crazy as well - and my dad loved football.

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I watched them go and play football with their mates and things. I just wanted to copy them, I think. In the house, there were footballs everywhere and we would just play all day.

Kelly: Can you remember a first memory or a first specific thing - with your brothers maybe? Elliot: Probably my first training session with them, I think. I went and joined them with their team at my school on a Sunday.

Kelly: How old were you at that point? Elliot: I'd say I was really really young - probably like four or five. Elliot: I was just messing about with them really.

The story has climbed to the top of the sports agenda, with fans and analysts following closely.