Not so long ago, England had players like Steven Gerrard, David Beckham, Frank Lampard and Paul Scholes in midfield, but too much class in the relationship did not mean that big results would come.
In the meantime, the coach of "proud Albion" Gareth Southgate with much smaller stars reached the semi-finals of the World Cup and the final of the European Championship, and before the new Euro this summer, the Island dreams of big things again, again with a lot of class in the middle.
Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden - one is 20 years old, the other three more, and they are already among the best footballers on the planet.
Bellingham showed Qatar what kind of player he is at the World Cup, in the meantime he "exploded" in the jersey of the biggest club on the planet, Real Madrid, while Foden is one of the greatest masters in a team like Manchester City - his three goals last night against Brentford were just were another confirmation of that.
"The two of them have to be together on the field in the England national team," said Jamie Carragher, a former Liverpool player who now works for Sky Sports.
He believes that the only problem is Foden's position at City.
"When he plays for a club, you're never quite sure if he's going to play right, left or central. I don't think that helped him," added Carragher.
He also says that it will all be a puzzle for Southgate.
"If Bellingham is ten, does that mean Foden will end up on the left and Bukajo Saka on the right," Carragher asked.
However, recently City coach Pep Guardiola has been using Foden more and more centrally.
"I don't think there's any reason why he shouldn't play for England in that position. If Bellingham and Foden were Spaniards in that national team, both of them would be in the eight position," Carragher believes.
Southgate has already shown that he has the knack for the position of "proud Albion" coach, and at the European Championship in Germany he will have perhaps the best team so far.
In addition to the mentioned tandem, they will also have Declan Rice in the middle to cover all the holes, Trent Alexander-Arnold is used more and more often in that part of the field, the former Liverpool trophy captain Jordan Henderson brings him experience, and there is also Tottenham's "ten" James Maddison , another young star Cole Palmer…
When you know that England still has great wings like Saka or Jack Grealish and a top-class striker like Harry Kane, it's clear why the Island dreams again of football returning home from Germany in the right way.
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