Eze on 'cage' football education

Speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast, Crystal Palace and England forward Eberechi Eze has said growing up playing London 'cage' football has proven to be key in his education in the game.

Eze says that he still uses some of the skills he learned in the small-sided and enclosed environment.

He said: "Just the creativity of being able to get out of tight situations, difficult situations and being free in your mind, just to express yourself and to enjoy. I think that's probably the most important thing as much as there's so much pressure and there's so much, it's quite an intense, intense environment."

On the raw nature of playing in cages, Eze said: "It's not really necessarily playing in cages that are meant for football, it's more just in these council estates you have like garages or whatever they use for goals and playing on concrete.

"So if you fall over, you're getting cut. So it's difficult environments because you're trying to sort of make do with what you've got, but that's part and parcel of growing up in these types of environments.

"You have to be creative, you have to try to figure out a way to express yourself, enjoy yourself and that's what you're doing growing up."