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Gareth Southgate Reveals His Euro Traveling Squad

 

    With the starting of the fabled Euro's only 10 days away, Gareth Southgate, England's manager, has revealed his squad to contend for the cup. 

    Starting with the goalkeepers, Southgate has selected Manchester United's Dean Henderson, who looks like he has solidified his place as first team keeper after David De Gea's disastrous Europa League Final shootout. Henderson will be joined by Sam Johnstone and Jordan Pickford, who both had mediocre seasons with their clubs. 

    Building the wall in the back, Southgate has elected to include Trent Alexander-Arnold in the team,  even after his back down to earth season with Liverpool. Alongside TAA, Southgate also selected Reece James, Kyle Walker and Kieran Trippier to anchor the right side of the pitch. Time will tell so see which player Southgate will select. He has also included Ben Chilwell and Luke Shaw to hold down the left side. 

The center-halves are next, including John Stones, who had a brilliant turn-around season with league winners Manchester City, Harry Maguire, who has struggled with fitness issues for the latter-half of the season. Connor Coady and Tyrone Mings round up the defender selection. 

    On to the midfielders, which Southgate had plenty to choose from. Young star from Borussia Dortmund Jude Bellingham will make his first Euro appearance, alongside holding midfielders Jordan Henderson, Declan Rice and Kalvin Phillips, who has been struggling with a knock to his shoulder. Mason Mount, hero of the UCL final will be in an advanced position with Bellingham. To much surprise, West Ham's revived star Jesse Lingard has missed the cut to represent his nation, along with set-piece specialist James Ward-Prowse. 

    Leading the line for England is a group of young and hungry stars who will provide the goals for the Three Lions. In the number 10 role, Harry Kane will be joined by Everton's leading goalscorer Dominic Calvert-Lewin, and Manchester United star Marcus Rashford. The boys flanking them are full of talent and ability, but will that translate to the international stage? 

    On the wings, England's golden boy Phil Foden will play in his first Euro competition, after winning the U-17 World Cup in India back in 2017. He will be joined by former Manchester City academy player Jadon Sancho, who is lighting up the Bundesliga with Dortmund. Out of form Raheem Sterling was also selected, even after a disastrous second-half of the season for City. Jack Grealish and Arsenal breakout Bukayo Saka also received a call up. 

    England have a truly dynamic team that I can see sailing through the group-stages, but as in every competition, the real test begins in the knockout stages, which will test this young group. As if the soccer gods decided to curse England any more, Croatia, who knocked England out of the 2018 World Cup, have been drawn in the same pot as them, hopefully an intense rematch will bond both the players and the nation. 

Predicted Formation: 4-3-3 

Predicted Lineup:

                                            GK: Dean Henderson 

RB: Kyle Walker    CB: John Stones     CB: Harry Maguire     LB: Ben Chilwell

        CM: Mason Mount        CM: Jordan Henderson        CM: Jack Grealish

    RW: Jadon Sancho                   ST: Harry Kane                         LW: Phil Foden

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