Tony Adams wants England to get dirty (Picture: Getty Images)

Tony Adams thinks the current England team need to take inspiration from, of all people, Dennis Wise as they look to move to the next level and win things.

Adams was disappointed to see England fall at the quarter-final stage of the World Cup to France and thinks the current squad should be able to do better.

While he thinks Gareth Southgate’s men have more than enough talent to get hold of some silverware, he thinks they might be lacking in some knowledge of the dark arts.

Having come up against Wise plenty of times in their club career, and both been involved with England through the 1990s, Adams thinks the former midfielder would be a role model to follow if the Three Lions want to get dirty.

‘Now that Gareth Southgate is staying, I repeat my advice that he should call on one or two old experienced heads for advice from time to time,’ Adams told The Sun. ‘He doesn’t have to make it public but it would help him.

‘And, as I’ve said before, we have to stop being good losers. We have to absolutely hate defeat.

‘I’m not interested in the fair play trophy which we won in Qatar with Harry Maguire getting our only yellow card.

‘I’d like to see us get a bit “Dennis Wise”. Wisey used to shake opponents’ hands, scrape them with his nails and stamp on their foot as he did it.

Dennis wise won 21 caps for England during his lengthy Chelsea career (Picture: Getty Images)

‘I don’t want us to be cuddling opponents in the tunnel and laughing and joking with them. I want us to hate them and to make it as uncomfortable as possible for them.

‘We need an edge to move forward. We need more aggression.’

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‘I want us to hate them and to make it as uncomfortable as possible for them.’