England manager Gareth Southgate has just announced his 26-man squad for EURO 2020 and we can’t help but agree that his one of the strongest Three Lions squad we have seen for a long time.
The manager had earlier named his 33-man provisional squad and on Tuesday, before the deadline, the manager had to leave seven players out of the Euros.
Manchester United’s Mason Greenwood is the first name on the list as he withdrew from the tournament owing to an injury and along with the youngster, his club teammate Jesse Lingard also misses out.
Lingard had a revival of sorts with West Ham United during the second half of the 2020-21 season but despite his greats efforts, Southgate has chosen to snub him. Tuesday morning there were various reports which claimed that Liverpool’s Trent Alexander Arnold could be missing from the 26-man squad as well but the right-back has been included.
Apart from Greenwood and Jesse Lingard, Ben Godfrey, Aaron Ramsdale, James Ward-Prowse, Ollie Watkins and Ben White also miss out from the final list.
26-man England squad for EURO 2020:
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Sam Johnstone (West Brom), Jordan Pickford (Everton).
Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Wolves), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Manchester City).
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds), Declan Rice (West Ham).
Forwards: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Phil Foden (Man City), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Man City).
Your #ThreeLions squad for #EURO2020! pic.twitter.com/egVtf4ORMT
— England (@England) June 1, 2021
How the final XI could look for England?
Every area of the pitch is packed with world-class talents so Gareth Southgate will have a really difficult time selecting the starting XI which is going to take the pitch for the EURO 2020.
Here’s how we think the England starting XI could look like:
England kick off their EURO 2020 campaign on the 13th of June as they take on Croatia in the first Group D game but before that they play two warm-up matches against Austria and Romania.
