England manager, Gareth Southgate has come out to say that he left Chilwell and Jadon Sancho out of the squad because he needed cover for other key positions. He recently revealed that both players didn’t miss the game through injury.
According to him, he actually doesn’t like the fact that he is having to leave important players out of the squad in a major tournament, but these are tough decisions that must be taken.
He added that Trippier definitely has what it takes to fulfil the left-back role very well despite being a right back.
His words, “With the two boys that are out of the squad, it’s just unfortunate we can only name 23 and we’ve had to cover certain positions,”
“I don’t like the fact we’re having to leave players out of the squad in a major tournament.”
“With Kieran we feel he’s a very experienced player and a good one-on-one defender to stop crosses coming in,”
“His communication and leadership will be a help and his experience will help us.”
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