Who would make your England squad as the WC is approaching and would it include many AFC players?
Here is my take on it. England has a wealth of talent at its disposal, yet again…but for some reason, they have lost their shape and defensive stability without the Euro. 2 reasons for that: Philips has been missing due to injuries and Maguire is bottling all his games…So who goes to Qatar?
3 GK: Pickford, Ramsdale, Pope…not much for debate here except that Dean Henderson can finger frustrated by the way Man U treated him last season
2 RB: Reece James, K. Trippier
4 CB: K. Walker, J. Stones, Dier, B.White or C. Coady or T. Mings
2 LB: B. Chilwell, Luke Shaw
3 DM: D. Rice, K. Philips (if fit), J. Ward Prowse
3 CM: Bellingham, Henderson, Foden
3 AM: Mount, Maddisson, Grealish
3 FW: Saka, Rashford, Sterling
2 CF: Kane, Toney
1 spot left for TAA or Sancho or Wilson or Watkins or Abraham…I would take TAA considering he can unlock games with a shot or a clever pass but I think Sancho will be in the plane
Best first XI:
Ramsdale – Trippier, Walker, Stones, Chilwell – Rice, Philipps – Saka, Mount, Foden – Kane
in Gary’s 3-4-3:
Ramsdale – Walker, Stones, Dier – Reece James, Rice, Philipps, Chilwell – Sterling, Kane, Foden
In any case, Gary has to take Ramdale and Saka for sure and I think there is a specimen for B. White too
