England's full-backs were once the envy of world football. Now Gareth Southgate is left scraping the barrel for options amid injury concerns
England's full-backs were once the envy of world football. Now Gareth Southgate is left scraping the barrel for options amid injury concernsSo what happened? Since the European Championship final against Italy in July 2021, England have started 14 different players at full-back or wing-back in less than three years for myriad reasons.
We rank those 15 options as it stands now, and try to work out how Gareth Southgate can work through what has become Walker is shoo-in for both a place on the plane and a starting berth at right-back, presuming that his injury on Saturday evening is not serious. He captained England ahead of Harry Maguire, suggesting that he is now deputy behind Harry Kane. Walker is one of the world’s best right-backs, has been crucial for Manchester City at home and in Europe and provides the overlapping width that allows Bukayo Saka to drift infield.
It is a huge shame that Trent Alexander-Arnold missed this international break, but we’re not even sure if we should be including him as a full-back given his new role for Liverpool and Southgate’s use of him in central midfield . The sensible strategy would be to take Alexander-Arnold to Germany, use him in midfield but also have him as the reserve right-back in a 23-man squad.Oh Reece.
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