Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish is yet to start a match for his country at Euro 2020, having featured for just 26 minutes overall at the tournament so far.
Many have been clamouring for the 25-year-old to start in the team's final Group D match against Czech Republic on Tuesday night, and chief among them is Mourinho, who went as far as likening the player to Portuguese icon Figo.
"He looks like he has always been on that stage. The guy is brave. The guy never played a European match for his club but he arrives in the national team and is fearless.
"He risks. He gambles. He loses the ball. He creates. He kicks people. People kick him. He creates instability in opponents.
"And he wins free-kicks. You win free-kicks in wide areas then you go with Harry Maguire or Tyrone Mings or John Stones and Harry Kane – and England are powerful on set-pieces.
"England looked a shy team against Scotland because they were a team without that thing that Grealish has.
"I don't like comparing players – and Luis Figo was at a different level – but Grealish is like Figo in that he'll demand the ball. He says, 'Give me the ball and I will resolve this!'
"Grealish didn't play amazingly when he came on against Scotland, but how many times did he have the ball? How many fouls did they commit on him? How many one-against-ones did he create? England need these qualities."
England have already qualified for Euro 2020's last 16, but will be looking to finish the group stage on a high note and potentially avoid some difficult fixtures in the next round.
