England manager right to axe Marcus Rashford and the old guard but defensive woes exposed in Euro 2024 squad
England manager Gareth Southgate has shown his ruthless edge but also exposed his concerns about injuries with his provisional 33-man squad for Euro 2024 in Germany.
It became clear Rashford faced a fight to make the plane to Germany when he only appeared briefly as a substitute in the two March friendlies against Brazil and Belgium. Whether this is the end for Rashford at England level remains to be seen but he will need to perform far better and rejuvenate his career – away from Old Trafford perhaps? – work his way through a talented queue of players in his position to get back to where he was.Out with the old for Southgate’s new England
Henderson joins another of Southgate’s former stalwarts, Chelsea’s Raheem Sterling, in international exile. Sterling's name is no longer even mentioned in the England conversation such as been his fall from grace since the Qatar World Cup. Luke Shaw is the undisputed first choice when fit but to say Southgate sounded downbeat about his chances of making the tournament would be a masterpiece of understatement.
The cupboard is bare so will Southgate turn to his tried and trusted Kieran Trippier, who is 33 and has had injury problems of his own at Newcastle United, or Liverpool’s Joe Gomez, who can play at left-back but is not a specialist?Gareth Southgate has named 11 defenders in his 33-man list that will be reduced to 26 before the England squad leaves for Germany.
This means Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi and Ezri Konsa, who had an outstanding campaign as Aston Villa reached the Champions League, are in the mix.
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