ITV PUNDITS have predicted their winners for the World Cup – but the experts are deeply divided on who will lift the trophy.
The tournament in Qatar is a little over a week from kicking-off and anticipation is high for the unique mid-season World Cup.
Predictions vary among fans on will make it to the end, suggesting viewers could be in for an exciting and unpredictable month of football.
And even pundits can’t agree on which nation will be claiming the Jules Rimet trophy.
Seven ITV pundits put forward their guess on the eventual winners – and only one went for England.
Neville – who will also be doing analyst work for BEIN Sports – believes Gareth Southgate’s side can go one better than their Euros 2020 campaign.
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The Three Lions lost on penalties to Italy in the final last year but Neville thinks they can go one step further and replicate the infamous 1966 team.
But Wright has opted for an Argentinian win in what will be Lionel Messi’s final World Cup.
Argentina have previously won the tournament twice in 1978 and 1986 but have since lost in two finals in 1990 and 2014.
Popular pundit Ally McCoist was one of three ITV pundits to go for a Brazil win – alongside Lee Dixon and John Hartson.
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Brazil’s squad is so packed full of talent that Liverpool’s in-form Roberto Firmino could not even find his way into it.
Meanwhile like Neville, Nigel de Jong has opted for his own country to win it and believes the Netherlands can end their World Cup hoodoo.
The Dutch hold the record for most World Cup finals without winning it, having made their way to the grand finale in 1974, 1978 and 2010.
And finally Andros Townsend believes France will retain their trophy after their 2018 World Cup win.
As is tradition, BBC and ITV will share the matches with ITV set to air their first match on Monday November 21 with Senegal v the Netherlands.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
