England's Euro 2020 Squad Selected
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The Athletic
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🗓️ 2 June 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The Athletic's Jack Pitt-Brooke & Carl Anka are joined by host Dan Bardell to discuss England's final squad selected by Gareth Southgate for EURO 2020.
Why was Trent Alexander-Arnold chosen in the end following speculation that he wouldn't make the cut? How will England cope with players such as Maguire and Henderson who are not fully fit?
We also hear from The Athletic's David Ornstein who broke the story of Jesse Lingard's omission from the squad and the panel will also share their thoughts on the other six players who were cut from the provisional 33.
We'll also learn how England will shape up for their warm-up game against Austria without a host of first team talent.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | Hello, I'm Dan Bardell and welcome to The Athletics England Show. |
| 0:18.6 | We'll be here throughout Euro 2020 and will bring you all the latest news and insight from inside the camp every single day from the athletics team of writers and special guests. |
| 0:28.4 | And so Garra Southgate's named his squad for the tournament. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm joined by our England correspondent Jack Pitt Brook as well as the athletics Carl Anker. |
| 0:36.4 | So let's just rattle through the squad now, the final 26 that will be representing |
| 0:40.7 | England in Euro 2020. |
| 0:43.5 | With the goalkeepers, we've got Dean Henderson, Sam Johnston and Jordan Pickford. |
| 0:48.5 | The defenders are Trent Alexander Arnold, Ben Chilwell, Connor Code, Reese James, Harry |
| 0:53.6 | McGuire, Tyrone, Mings, Luke Shaw, John Stones, Kieran Trippia and Kyle Walker. |
| 0:59.4 | In midfield, we've got Jude Bellingham, Jordan Henderson, Mason Mount, Calvin Phillips and Declan Rice. |
| 1:05.7 | And finally the forwards, Dominic Calvert Lewin, Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Harry Kane, Marcus Rashford, |
| 1:12.6 | Bucayosaka, Jaden Sancho and Rahim Sterling. |
| 1:16.2 | So Jack, we know the squad. |
| 1:17.9 | Can you just talk us through the unlucky players that didn't make the final cut? |
| 1:21.2 | Yeah, so there's seven players, Dan, from the 33 who have not made the 26th. |
| 1:26.2 | First to miss out was Mason Greenwood, who decided to pull out |
| 1:29.6 | on Friday after conversations with Southgate and Solshire. Then of the remaining six, Southgate |
| 1:35.4 | basically divided them into three groups. On the one hand, there was Aaron Ramsdale, Ben White and |
| 1:40.9 | Ben Grodfrey, who I think it was always the plan, would not be part of the 26 |
| 1:45.2 | because they lack some experience compared to their counterparts. |
| 1:48.8 | But then the big decision really was which other three more senior players would he cut? |
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