By Daily sports on May 26, 2021

Gareth Southgate has named an expanded 33-man England squad for Euro 2020 including Liverpool duo Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jordan Henderson, but Nick Pope, Eric Dier and James Maddison all miss out.

Southgate will cut seven players next week after assessing various injury situations while also waiting to see if there are any further complications arising from three English teams contesting the Europa League and Champions League finals in the coming days.

Alexander-Arnold had feared he would miss out after being dropped for England's previous fixtures in March, but he is still a doubt to play at the finals despite a positive end to the season at Anfield.

Henderson has not played a competitive fixture since Feb. 20 following groin surgery and is one of several fitness concerns in the squad with Harry Maguire another high-profile concern, having sustained an ankle injury that makes him a doubt for Wednesday's Europa League final between Manchester United and Villarreal.

Southgate has opted to include four uncapped players including two goalkeepers – West Bromwich Albion’s Sam Johnstone and Sheffield United’s Aaron Ramsdale – and two defenders, Everton's Ben Godfrey and Brighton & Hove Albion’s Ben White. Those decisions were in part influenced by losing Pope, who was vying with Jordan Pickford to start in goal this summer before being forced to undergo a minor knee operation this week.

Dier had suffered a loss of form at Tottenham Hotspur but his absence at the expense of Godfrey and White is a surprise given the influential role he has played during Southgate's tenure, most memorably scoring the decisive penalty that saw England beat Colombia in a shootout at the round-of-16 stage of the 2018 World Cup.

Maddison had hopes of making the squad after recently returning from a hip injury, but Southgate always harboured doubts over the midfielder’s off-field behaviour and he has been surpassed by Arsenal youngster Bukayo Saka.

There was also no place for Leeds United’s Patrick Bamford, Southampton’s Danny Ings, Arsenal’s Emile Smith Rowe and Everton’s Michael Keane despite all enjoying fine individual campaigns.

Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson, Sam Johnstone, Jordan Pickford, Aaron Ramsdale

Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ben Chilwell, Conor Coady, Ben Godfrey, Reece James, Harry Maguire, Tyrone Mings, Luke Shaw, John Stones, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Ben White

Midfielders: Jude Bellingham, Jordan Henderson, Jesse Lingard, Mason Mount, Kalvin Phillips, Declan Rice, James Ward-Prowse

Forwards: Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Mason Greenwood, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, Jadon Sancho, Raheem Sterling, Ollie Watkins (ESPN)

•PHOTO: England players 

Source Daily sports

Posted May 26, 2021

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