GARETH SOUTHGATE has named his 33-man provisional England squad – and there’s no place for Eric Dier.
The Three Lions manager has named his longlist Euro 2020 squad before whittling the names down for the June 1 deadline.
- Start time: England squad revealed at 1pm
- TV/ live stream: England FA YouTube/ Sky Sports News
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With heaps of attacking talent at his disposal, Gareth Southgate is facing a serious selection headache for the Croatia game on Sunday 13th June.
CLUB BY CLUB
Aston Villa have more players named than Arsenal and Tottenham combined.
What an interesting list this is…
Everton and Aston Villa have more players in the England squad than Arsenal and Tottenham combined THE 33-MAN SQUAD
NEW ARRIVAL
Southgate mentioned it in his press conference just then, Newcastle’s Graeme Jones will be brought in as an assistant coach this summer.
ON MAN UTD, MAN CITY AND CHELSEA PLAYERS…
“We’ll give them a period of rest after their finals. It’s probably not exactly a week, but it will be around 5 or 6 days.
“That’s exactly how we approached it ahead of Russia (2018 World Cup) – we had Jordan Henderson and Trent come in late for that.
“It does affect who we can play in those first two friendlies and we can’t overplay players in those friendlies.”
ON MASON GREENWOOD…
When asked about the Iceland incident, Southgate said:
“The past is absolutely the past. I spoke to Mason before the U21s in March and made that clear.
“His inclusion on this list shows we are willing to select him. Young people make mistakes.
He’s an outstanding finisher, there’s no question about that.”
ON HARRY KANE’S FUTURE…
“I never have to have a conversation with Harry Kane about focus. He has goal this summer with us and that’s to win a European Championship and I know how important that is to him.
“What’s going on at his club is between him and Tottenham. I’m talking across the board here, but I think it’s very unlikely that transfer deals will be done while we’re away.”
ON DIER MISSING OUT…
“He is a man who I have tremendous respect for. He has been a key player in some of our biggest moments. Unfortunately I just don’t think his season has been strong enough to be in the squad.”
ON WHITE AND GODFREY…
“I think they’re both exciting young defenders. There are others we’ve been looking at that we really like.
“These two are very flexible and can play in different roles as well and it’s a great opportunity for us to get to know them a bit better and for them to work with the team.
“There’s no way of knowing how long they’ll be with us at this stage.“
ON FOUR RIGHT BACKS…
“You’re looking at four right backs, and people think I have a right-back obsession, but I just see four good footballers. We go into a tournament that those sorts of flexible players and good footballers who can fill a few roles are going to be important to us.”
GARETH SAYS
“Our situation is more complicated than any other country at the moment. We’ve got 12 players still to play in European finals this week so we were always going to need some additional players for this first part of our camp.
“My preference would’ve been to name a clean 26 but we’ve not got an ideal hand of cards and there are a lot of unknowns. Information and evidence is very important and we’ll have a lot more in seven days.”
BOSS IS UP
We’re a few minutes away from hearing from Gareth Southgate about his squad selection.
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FANTASY FOOTBALL
Just for a bit of fun, here’s an XI of players that have missed out…
Alex McCarthy; Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Fikayo Tomori, Eric Dier, James Tarkowski; Dele Alli, Ross Barkley, James Maddison; Callum Wilson, Patrick Bamford, Danny Ings.
Pretty handy team, that.
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FULL STORY
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UNCAPPED Ben White and Ben Godfrey have been named in England’s provisional Euro 2020 squad – but Eric Dier has been axed after a dismal season with Tottenham.
Brighton defender White and Everton’s Godfrey are part of a 33-man group chosen by boss Gareth Southgate, but Dier is the biggest casualty.
Jesse Lingard, Jude Bellingham and Mason Greenwood will all report for duty this weekend but there is no place for Southampton striker Danny Ings.
Trent Alexander-Arnold has been included as one of four right-backs, and in goal Sheffield United’s Aaron Ramsdale will also train with the senior squad with Nick Pope missing out through injury.
Southgate has also drafted Jordan Henderson in despite not playing for three months, and Kalvin Phillips is fit to link up despite injuring his shoulder in the final game of the season for Leeds.
Leicester City star James Maddison has also missed out despite his stunning form for the FA Cup winners.
With 12 players involved in the Europa League and Champions League finals this week there was no way the England boss was going to be able to settle on his actual squad this week.
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Gareth Southgate will explain his team selection at 2pm.
We’ll hear from the England boss then and I’ll bring you the best bits.
FINAL CUT
Of the seven players to be left out, one will most likely be a goalkeeper.
And it looks like a defender heavy squad as well – four right-backs in there and plenty of centre-back options.
How about up front as well? Ollie Watkins and Bukayo Saka are among 10 forwards named.
SEVEN UP
A reminder that SEVEN of these players will not make the final 26-man squad while will have to be named by June 1.
MISSING MEN
No Eric Dier, no Danny Ings, no Patrick Bamford… among the most notable absentees from that squad.
HAPPY WITH THAT?
Trent in, Lingard makes it, Godfrey and White also included at the back.
BREAKING NEWS – THE SQUAD IS IN
Here it is, England’s provisional 33-man Euro 2020 squad…
GOALKEEPERS: Dean Henderson (Man Utd), Sam Johnstone (West Brom), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Aaron Ramsdale (Sheffield Utd).
DEFENDERS: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Wolves), Ben Godfrey (Everton), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Man Utd), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Man Utd), John Stones (Man City), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Man City), Ben White (Brighton).
MIDFIELDERS: Jude Bellingham (Dortmund), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (West Ham/Man Utd), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds), Declan Rice (West Ham), James Ward-Prowse (Southampton).
FORWARDS: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Phil Foden (Man City), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Mason Greenwood (Man Utd), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Man Utd), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Jadon Sancho (Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Man City), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa).
FINAL COUNTDOWN
Six minutes to go now until the squad is out…
PREP SCHOOL
After this, the Manchester United players will be in Europa League action against Villarreal tomorrow while Man City and Chelsea stars will get ready for the Champions League final.
The rest of the provisional squad will meet up for training and Gareth Southgate will get his team ready for two friendlies against Austria on June 2 and Romania on June 6.
Not ideal as the European finalists will need a few days off so a few of the provisional players who don’t make the final 26 may still be around for the friendlies.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
