Gareth Southgate: England opens the door to new players for the Euro team | Football news



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Gareth Southgate insists the door is still open for new players to join his England squad for next summer’s European Championships.

The England manager has delivered eight debuts in the last two games as he continues to take a look at the talent at his disposal.

Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Bukayo Saka, Harvey Barnes and Reece James played their first international matches in Thursday’s 3-0 win over Wales in a friendly.

That followed the debuts of Conor Coady, Kalvin Phillips, Jack Grealish and Ainsley Maitland-Niles in last month’s 0-0 Nations League draw in Denmark.

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So while Southgate admits he should cut his options before rescheduled euros next summer, he refused to rule out any more players before then.

“I’ll never say never because young players these days emerge so fast and they can move so fast that they can really shoot themselves down the pecking order,” he said.

“You imagine that we would like to be settled, but we are going to have three games next month and three in March, which is also going to be difficult.

Conor Coady celebrates his first England goal against Wales
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Wolves defender Conor Coady made his England debut last month

“We feel like we want to shrink the group and right now we have a very good idea what the majority of the team will be like, but there are definitely places at stake.

“Someone like Dominic Calvert-Lewin is making a really strong case for forcing his way into our thinking more consistently and yet against Wales it was the first time he was on the field for us so he’s a great example. than is possible when the form is good. “

Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford
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Manchester United and England forward Marcus Rashford received an MBE for his services to vulnerable children in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic.

The 2020 queen’s birthday honors list was due to be released in June, but was delayed to allow for nominations for people who play crucial roles during the first months of the crisis.

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