The jungle drum noises emanating from the England camp suggest Gareth Southgate is going for a belt, another belt and several pairs of braces approach to today’s game.
Rumour has it he is set to switch to a back three for the first time in this tournament, mirroring Germany’s expected 3-4-3 formation. Bukayo Saka is expected to keep his place in the side after his man of the match performance against the Czech Republic.
If these rumours from The Athletic’s David Ornstein - a well connected newshound who doesn’t get much wrong, are correct - there is unlikely to be a place for Phil Foden, Mason Mount or Jack Grealish in Gareth Southgate’s starting line-up. If he picks the team leaked to the media and it loses, he will get slaughtered.
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That leaked and possibly wrong (in every sense of the word) England line-up: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire; Trippier, Rice, Phillips, Shaw; Saka, Kane Sterling."
And from Lineker on twitter:
Just seen the alleged England team. Defend! Defend! Defend! Defend! Defend!
As the Grauniad says. If he picks that team and loses ... well, there will be a bit of s**t lost, I think.
Posted By: Tricky Hawes, Jun 29, 15:21:11
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