Chief football writer Phil McNulty looks at how Gareth Southgate can get Phil Foden's brilliance at club level to translate into England's Euro 2024 campaign.
Gareth Southgate's England squad selection for Euro 2024 received widespread approval for being bold and courageous - and yet he is still revisiting a debate stretching back two decades.
It ended with a disillusioned Scholes, wasted on the left flank at Euro 2004 in Portugal, calling time early on his international career, a world-class operator with Manchester United marginalised by England. It has not silenced the argument and the noise increased after Foden - the Footballer of the Year with 27 league goals as Manchester City secured a fourth successive title - cut a peripheral figure inWill he stick or twist? Will Southgate retain belief that Foden's brilliance at club level will naturally translate into Euro 2024, or does he go for a smoother fit on the left flank? Would a change to Foden's role be an early admission of...
England's manager would be courageous to change it. He will also be showing the courage of his convictions to keep it as it was. It is the balancing act of an England manager. Bellingham's role as the focal point and driving force of England's team has resulted in Foden being pushed into a wider role. When he moved into more central areas, he still failed to have any impact in the 1-0 victory against the Serbs.
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