article_snippet: The England midfielder, tipped to succeed Steven Gerrard as Liverpool captain, has been a revelation for club and country in the past 18 months and will face Italy on Tuesday as the mainstay of Roy Hodgson’s England midfield.
article_snippet: All I want to do is do my best for club or country.
article_snippet: I'm not going to be captain as of yet.
article_snippet: Of course it'd be an honour for me to do that, but when a big player like Stevie leaves, obviously it's disappointing, but everybody else has got to step up. '
article_snippet: And I wouldn't put that down to whoever is the next captain or one person in his position because for me there will never be another Steven Gerrard.