England squad for EURO 2020 announced

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England boss Gareth Southgate has named his 26-man England team for EURO 2020, and there were some huge surprises from the Three Lions bos. [ MORE: Full highlights, analysis of PL season ] Southgate has trusted in England ’ mho young stars over experience, but his final cut from 33 to 26 players caused him a batch of headaches. And he went for right backs galore. trent Alexander-Arnold and Bukayo Saka made it, initially, but Alexander-Arnold was then injured in a friendly against Austria and replaced by Ben White. Goalkeeper Dean Henderson has besides pulled out with injury, thus Aaron Ramsdale has replaced him. Jesse Lingard and James Ward-Prowse are among the seven players cut from the team, while Mason Greenwood pulled out with injury. With plenty of England players involved in the Europa League and Champions League finals over the survive week, Southgate was forced to change his plans as he will name a concluding 26-man police squad for the European Championships on June 1. Southgate explained that he had to have unmanageable conversations with the seven players he cut. “ yesterday good afternoon when I had the conversations with those players, although they were disappointed, they understood, ” Southgate said. The five players to miss out after being named in the probationary 33-man squad are : Ben Godfrey ( Everton ), Jesse Lingard ( West Ham ), James Ward-Prowse ( Southampton ), Mason Greenwood ( Manchester United ), Ollie Watkins ( Aston Villa ).

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What do we make of Southgate’s big decisions?

England will be sweating on the fitness of Harry Maguire, Jordan Henderson and Kalvin Phillips, as all three would be close to the starting lineup but are struggling with knocks. In the case of Maguire and Henderson, they are captains of Manchester United and Liverpool and their have will be huge in this team. But in terms of the correctly back situation, Southgate was going to cause headlines no count who he picked. In the end he picked all four but Alexander-Arnold withdraw through injury saw that plan changed again. Kyle Walker starts for champions of England Manchester City, Kieran Trippier for the La Liga champions Atletico Madrid and he besides has Champions League winner Reece James and Alexander-Arnold. And we ’ ve not even mentioned Aaron Wan-Bissaka… As for Lingard and Ward-Prowse, both can consider themselves identical unlucky to not make the squad as Borussia Dortmund youngsters Bellingham and Sancho were selected ahead of them. Below is the probationary England police squad in full .

England squad EURO 2020

Goalkeepers : Aaron Ramsdale ( Sheffield United ), Sam Johnstone ( West Brom ), Jordan Pickford ( Everton ), Defenders : Ben White ( Brighton ), Ben Chilwell ( Chelsea ), Conor Coady ( Wolves ), Reece James ( Chelsea ), Harry Maguire ( Manchester United ), Tyrone Mings ( Aston Villa ), Luke Shaw ( Manchester United ), John Stones ( Manchester City, Kieran Trippier ( Atletico Madrid ), Kyle Walker ( Manchester City ) Midfielders: Jude Bellingham ( Borussia Dortmund ), Jordan Henderson ( Liverpool ), Mason Mount ( Chelsea ), Kalvin Phillips ( Leeds ), Declan Rice ( West Ham )