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Gareth Southgate’s class of Euro 2024 will go down in history as the first men's England team to reach a major tournament final on foreign soil.
Pickford was sent out on loan six times while at boyhood club Sunderland - playing for Darlington, Alfreton, Burton Albion, United, Bradford and Preston. After struggling to notch up first-team minutes in Manchester, he moved to Crystal Palace in 2023 and made 18 Premier League appearances last season.
The boyhood Sheffield United fan came through the youth ranks at Bramall Lane and had his first taste of senior football in a loan spell at Northampton Town. The Aston Villa defender began his football journey with Senrab FC - a club that also produced the likes of John Terry, Sol Campbell and Jermain Defoe.
Shaw joined United from Southampton in 2014, with the initial £27m fee making him then one of the world's most expensive teenage players, but his time at Old Trafford has not been smooth sailing. He scored a free-kick against Croatia in the 2018 World Cup semi-final and remains a threat from such positions.
He came back strongly from a 10-week worldwide football ban for breaching Football Association betting rules and has been a key player for Newcastle over the past two and a half seasons.Trippier has spoken of how he longed to follow in the footsteps of his sibling, whose modest career served as just as great an inspiration as the desire to bend in free-kicks like Beckham.
Barnsley-born Stones also played in the 2016 Euros, 2018 World Cup and 2022 World Cup and has stacked up major trophies with City. Now he wants to add silverware with England. He was initially at Wimbledon's academy but moved to Brighton's equivalent and has stayed at the club ever since. Loan spells at Bognor Regis and Bristol City - totalling just 10 appearances - are the only times he has played elsewhere.He made his England debut in 2018, but spent four and a half years out of the team before returning in May 2023. Although he has yet to feature on the pitch at the Euros, he could still walk away a European champion.
He joined the club's academy at the age of six and has never left, progressing through the ranks and becoming a key member of the senior team. Rice was released at the age of 14 by Chelsea, but as that door closed another opened at West Ham and his career soon took off. To be in with a shot of being a Euros winner shows what a remarkable rise it has been for the midfielder who stepped up to the Premier League with Crystal Palace in February of this year.
Progressive and impressive in possession once he did get into the team, Mainoo's maturity as a footballer has freed up Rice to play a touch higher. A regular pairing for years to come? Don't bet against it.First on against Serbia and Denmark, a starter but hooked at half-time against Slovenia, an extra-time appearance against Slovakia and a blink-and-you-missed-him sub showing against the Netherlands. That has been Gallagher's bits-and-pieces Euros so far.
Bellingham is now a La Liga and Champions League winner with Real and it is hard to imagine England without the midfielder. Palace helped him make the leap to the Premier League in 2020 and although beset by injuries at times Eze has become just as exciting in the top flight.Widely regarded as one of the world's best strikers, and the finest English goalscorer of his generation, Kane has come a long way since his lower-league loan struggles and fight to earn a regular start at Tottenham.
Off the field, Kane has sponsored Leyton Orient’s matchday shirts to support three charities and played a role in #PlayersTogether, a fundraising initiative from Premier League players that raised funds for the NHS in the Covid-19 crisis.The England captain wants to cap his goalscoring feats with a trophy - his career's theme, in a sense, after Spurs could not find their way to silverware - and it could come in Berlin on Sunday.
After starting his career at hometown club Northampton Town, the young Toney struggled to make an impact at the higher level when Newcastle came knocking in 2015.Another member of the squad who learned his trade the hard way, Bowen's first career goal came for Hereford United against Alfreton Town. Yet to score for the Three Lions, his time on the pitch in Germany has been limited to cameos - but he did nearly create a goal against Serbia when his excellent cross was headed against the bar by captain Harry Kane.Gordon was the pick of many a pundit and supporter to come into the team and add spark after England's drab early performances, but he has stayed on the fringes.
The Torquay-born striker worked his way through the ranks of the EFL, starting close to home with Exeter City, who loaned him to Conference South side Weston-super-Mare for six months of the 2014-15 season. He has surpassed even optimistic expectations since that move to west London, scoring 22 goals and registering 11 assists in 33 Premier League games.
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