Brad Friedel, Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper

Brad Friedel gave his thoughts on who should replace Chelsea defender John Terry

Tottenham star Brad Friedel has been backed team mate Scott Parker to replace John Terry as England captain.

Parker, who is the London24 readers' choice to be England skipper, has been linked with the role as have Joe Hart (Manchester City) and Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), who the American believes are the 31-year-old's main rivals.

"Joe Hart has the mentality to be a captain but you've also got with England two ready-made captains in Steven Gerrard and Scotty Parker," the Spurs stopper told TalkSPORT.

"Could Joe do the job? Absolutely. Joe is a magnificent goalkeeper with a great head on his shoulders, but you have got Scott Parker and Steven Gerrard that are tremendous players.

"Playing with Scotty for the last six months or so you can see, whether he has the captain's armband or not, he is going to be a captain.

"He is a top pro around the club, he lives his life right, and on the pitch he covers in front of the back four the best that I have played with.

"When the right or left back go forward he is always looking at the gaps that he can cover and the amount of metres he covers in games are immense."