Gareth Southgate's got a couple of friendlies to help whittle his 33-man squad to 26, and he could do with these five questions being answered.
There’s less than two weeks left of the footballing gooch between the end of the Premier League and the start of Euro 2024 and we’ve got a couple of England friendlies to tide us over, after which Gareth Southgate needs to whittle his 33-man training squad down to 26 for the tournament proper.
But Southgate has previously heralded Toney’s “swagger and self-belief”, possibly in reference to his extraordinary record from the penalty spot – a huge plus point for whoever’s in that reserve role as they are unlikely, barring injury, to have any role to play in games that matter other than when they come down to a shoot-out.
And Southgate will probably play safe and snub Mainoo in favour of Conor Gallagher, who is also a very good footballer, if notgood at the fancy-pants bits of football as Mainoo. Crucially, and perhaps unlike his teenage competition for the third midfield spot, Gallagher isn’t going to fail to track a runner, get drawn out of position or waver to any great degree from his manager’s directives. He’s a safe pair of boots.
It’s an interesting tussle for ascendency behind those two though. Marc Guehi was the next cab off the rank for a while but his injury in the second half of the season has maybe given Jarrad Branthwaite or Ezri Konsa the edge. It could well be a horses for courses situation for Southgate, but he can’t take all of the options with him to Germany, and could do with taking a look at various partnerships in the upcoming friendlies.
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