ENGLAND have handed Bukayo Saka a start against Germany in their mouthwatering Euro 2020 last 16 clash.
As SunSport exclusively revealed earlier, there is NO place in Gareth Southgate’s starting XI for Jack Grealish or Phil Foden.
Grealish got the assist for England’s final Group D game, a 1-0 win thanks to Raheem Sterling against the Czech Republic.
Foden missed that game despite playing the Scotland and Croatia clashes as Southgate didn’t want to risk him, being on a yellow card.
Along with Arsenal star Saka, Sterling will be hoping to provide captain Harry Kane the chance to finally score in the tournament.
Declan Rice will renew his central-midfield partnership with Kalvin Phillips, meaning Jordan Henderson will again be watching from the bench.
But it is defence where the biggest changes have happened.
Southgate will go with three centre-halves, with John Stones and the recovered-from-injury Harry Maguire joined by Kyle Walker.
The three-man defence would be the same one which helped England to the semi-finals of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Luke Shaw and Kieran Trippier will be deployed as wing-backs, hopefully also being in a position to fire some balls into the box for Kane.
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Jordan Pickford will unsurprisingly be between the sticks after an untroubled start to the tournament.
The Everton stopper is yet to concede a goal from three group games played.
Back-up striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin has been left out of the 23-man matchday squad.
The Athletic report that the Everton striker is ‘disappointed’ and that those close to the player are baffled by the decision, with Calvert-Lewin the obvious back-up option for Kane.
Southgate has a fit 26-man squad, with Mason Mount and Ben Chilwell available again after their isolation period ended.
The pair travelled separately and are with the squad, but only Mount has made the bench.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
