Collymore says Southgate is spot on with England squad selection
With the domestic season virtually at an end, all thoughts will soon turn to Euro 2024, and despite appearing to spring a couple of surprises, Stan Collymore believes that Gareth Southgate has got his squad selection spot on.
It’s often said that international managers tend to play the big names rather than those in form, but on this occasion Southgate has bucked the trend.
The most glaring omission would seem to be that of Man United ace, Marcus Rashford, though with only eight club goals scored all season, per WhoScored, as well as a dip in performance levels, it’s hard to disagree with the manager’s decision.
Southgate has got it right says Collymore
“I think that probably over the last 12 months the narrative is that Jordan Henderson is a great person to have in the dressing room, a great tourist with fantastic experience, but you’ve got to have players that can go out there and do the business. When you go to Saudi Arabia, that tells you something about where the player’s form is at,” Collymore said to CaughtOffside for his exclusive column.
“I would much rather miss out on the experienced head around the dressing room, which is a little bit of a myth anyway. They’re all senior players, they will all add something and there’s plenty of experience in the squad anyway with the likes of Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice, despite their relative youth.
“That’s without likes of Harry Maguire, Jordan Pickford, Kyle Walker and Kieran Trippier. So the good tourist thing that I didn’t buy really. I went with it for the last year because Henderson has been a good servant to the country.
“In terms of Marcus Rashford, I think that we are so blessed in forward positions with an embarrassment of riches; Jack Grealish, Cole
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