Gareth Southgate says his sole focus has been winning the Euros tournament. England goes head to head with Spain on 13th July for the Euro final.
The three England stars all grew up within close proximity of one another. Now Cole Palmer, Phil Foden and Kobbie Mainoo are starring for England. LISTEN toA couple of days before meeting Prince William at St George’s Park and flying off to a tournament he could scarcely have believed his involvement in just a year ago, Cole Palmer made a stop at home.
‘After the England friendlies, he came back to watch the local pub team,’ Palmer’s first coach at NJ Wythenshawe Graeme Fowler says. ‘His dad Jermaine played for them. He comes back and watches all the time. Kobbie Mainoo’s arena, where he had his peers begging him to perform what became trademark overhead kicks. Eight minutes north is Mainoo’s school, Cheadle Catholic Infants. Three miles north again is Gatley Primary School, where Palmer attended.
'They have to work hard, that’s engrained in them. That’s why they are the ones who make it: you can have all the talent in the world but if you don’t work hard enough you don’t get anywhere.’ There is a story that entwines Foden and Mainoo, even though Foden is five years older. The scene is Shots. Foden’s younger brother is training there and the City academy graduate, then around 15, turns up with him.
Foden and Palmer were once team-mates together at Man City and are still good friends on international duty It’s thought that is where Foden fell in love with the pastime, going with Phil Snr. ‘It’s still a strong hobby,’ Makin says. ‘They have a spot in Stoke where they go night fishing. They’re very similar, I can imagine them sitting there with hardly a word crossed.’
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