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HARRY MAGUIRE and Jack Grealish are OUT of England’s Euro 2024 squad. Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate has whittled down his 33-man provisional squad to 26 players ahead of the tournament in Germany.Jack Grealish and Harry Maguire are out of England’s Euro 2024 squadCredit: GettyTottenham’s James Maddison and Curtis Jones of Liverpool were the first to make way on Thursday morning.Jones’ club team-mate Jarell Quansah is another expected to miss out despite not yet leaving the England camp.Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford is also out, leaving Jordan Pickford, Dean Henderson and Aaron Ramsdale battling it out for No1 spot.And so too are experienced pair Grealish and Maguire in what goes down as two huge calls made by Southgate. READ MORE IN football Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite also misses out after making his debut on Monday’s win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.Maguire was always a doubt due to a calf issue that has sidelined him since April for Manchester United. Speaking out on Instagram: “I am devastated not to have been selected to play for England at the Euros this summer.”Despite my best efforts, I have not been able to overcome an injury to my calf. Most read in Euro 2024CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERS”Maybe I pushed myself too hard, to try and make it. Simply, I am absolutely gutted.”For me, representing England is the highest honour. It means everything to me. “If I can’t help the team as a player, I will support them as a fan – along with the rest of the country. Go and win it boys.”Next, I will return to the supervision of the Manchester United medical team in order to prepare for next season.”England will kick off their Euro 2024 campaign against Serbia on June 16 before playing Denmark four days later.The Three Lions’ final Group C match will pit them against Slovenia on June 25. More

A STAGGERING statistic reveals that 20 England past and present internationals have taken 52 penalties in games and shootouts in the 2023-24 season and missed only ONE — showing a 98 per cent success rate.The only blemish was Kieran Trippier who fired wide in the penalty shootout for Newcastle at Chelsea in their Carabao Cup quarter-final in December.Harry Kane will once again be taking up the mantle of penalty-taking kingCredit: The TimesCould Cole Palmer be rivalling Harry Kane to take penalties this summer?Credit: GettyIn terms of where England players have netted, it’s a mixed selection with 20 right, 18 left and 13 down the middle.The stats will make for pretty reading for England fans haunted by penalty misses of yesteryear.While the Three Lions managed to miss out on being knocked out via a shootout last time out at the World Cup in Qatar, it was still a penalty that cost England dearly.Harry Kane dispatched his first of the game after 58 minutes but lost his cool when attempting to slot the ball past France keeper Hugo Lloris for a second time later in the match.READ MORE ENGLAND NEWSSouthgate’s boys went on to lose 2-1 to Les Blues and exit the competition at the quarter-final stage.The feeling of England crashing out courtesy of a dreaded spot-kick is a familiar one for football fans.At the previous tournament, Euro 2020, England were just a penalty shoot-out away from winning their first trophy since 1966.But they fluffed their lines against Italy in the final, and fell to a 3-2 defeat on penalties.Most read in FootballCASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO WELCOME OFFERSEngland players have scored 51 of their 52 penalties so far this seasonMarcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka all failed to find the back of the net from 12 yards.But England’s record in shoot-outs under Southgate hasn’t been all bad on the whole, despite his own infamy for missing a crucial spot-kick at Euro 96.Marcus Rashford and Henderson OUT of Gareth Southgate’s England Squad for Euro 2024The Three Lions triumphed 6-5 on pens over Switzerland in the 2019 Nations League, although it could be argued that the pressure wasn’t nearly as high at the then fledgling Nations League tournament.And a year prior to that, the team showed their steel by triumphing 4-3 on pens over Colombia in the round of 16 at the Russia 2018 World Cup courtesy of an Eric Dier pen.Southgate’s men will be hoping to draw inspiration from those two shoot-outs, plus their players’ generally stellar record from the spot this season – with 51 of their 52 pens scored this season.One potential difficulty for Southgate though could be getting his takers on the pitch at the same time.Cole Palmer leads the way in terms of pens scored, but is likely to be behind Bukayo Saka when it comes to a right-wing berth and Phil Foden and Jude Bellingham when it comes to playing in the 10.Marcus Rashford, James Ward-Prowse and Callum Wilson have all also scored well from the spot this season but haven’t made the cut for Southgate’s initial squad.Current England boss Gareth Southgate will be hoping his players don’t do what he did from the penalty spot at Euro 96Credit: PA:Press Association More

EURO 2024 has been predicted by a supercomputer – and it’s finally coming home.The eagerly-anticipated tournament gets underway on June 14, with hosts Germany playing Scotland at the Allianz Arena in Munich.A supercomputer has predicted the outcome for Euro 2024Credit: GETTYItaly lifted the trophy at Wembley in July 2021Credit: GETTYGareth Southgate’s Three Lions came up short at the final hurdle three years agoCredit: AFPThe Three Lions have a good chance of getting one better, according to a supercomputerCredit: GettyFootie fans across the world are currently debating who will win the competition, which was last won by Roberto Mancini’s Italy.And a supercomputer has predicted who will lift the trophy on July 14 by analysing the form of all 24 teams in the competition.Opta have simulated Euro 2024 a whopping 10,000 TIMES to determine the team most likely to win the tournament.And their supercomputer has calculated that Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions have a near 19.9 per cent chance of being the 17th winners of the competition.READ MORE ON EURO 2024It’s been calculated that England have a 70, 48.2 and 31.1 per cent chance of making the quarters, semi-finals and final respectively.France – who reached the final of the 2022 World Cup – have a 19.1 per cent chance of winning the competition – although they are 30.4 per cent likely to make it to the final.Hosts Germany, meanwhile, only have a 12.4 per cent chance of winning the trophy on home soil.Defending champions Italy only have an 11.4 per cent chance of reaching the final and a FIVE per cent chance of retaining the trophy.Most read in FootballBEST FREE BET SIGN UP OFFERS FOR UK BOOKMAKERSThe simulation results make for great reading for Scotland fans pessimistic about their chances of reaching the knockout stages.Steve Clarke’s side reached the last 16 of the tournament 58.9 per cent of the time.Meet the Wags supporting Scotland’s Euro 2024 Stars at home and in GermanyThe Tartan Army’s chances of making the quarter-finals, however, significantly dip to 23.5 per cent.The biggest outsiders to win the tournament, unsurprisingly, are Georgia.Willy Sagnol’s troops qualified for their first major finals two months ago with a penalty shootout victory over Greece.They are the least likely winners of the tournament at 0.1 per cent.Although they do, surprisingly, qualify for the last 16 in 37.2 per cent of the simulations run.Opta’s Euro 2024 predictionsCredit: OPTA More