ENGLAND'S EURO 2024 SQUAD LADDER: Rashford & Ramsdale are at risk, Palmer shines
England ambled through a lacklustre end to their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with faltering performances that left Gareth Southgate with as many questions as answers.
An unconvincing 2-0 win against Malta at Wembley and a dreary 1-1 draw away at North Macedonia did little to back up Southgate's assertion that he has made England more entertaining.
The Three Lions booked their place in Germany with a 3-1 win over Italy in October so these were two games of experimentation and we did not see the nation's best 11 - nor some tactical breakthrough.
That said, some sprightly newbies such as Rico Lewis and Cole Palmer did themselves every favour as established stalwarts struggled to find form. With just one international break left before the Euros, England's players will now be reliant mostly on club form to stake a claim to a place in the squad - but we know how loyal Southgate can be to his trusted lieutenants.
With all this in mind, here is Mail Sport's England squad ladder for Euro 2024, pound-for-pound. It's worth noting that England will only be able to take 23 men to Germany, and we haven't stuck rigorously to the squad requirements of that - while Southgate would be bound to take three goalkeepers, only two make our top 23 players at the moment.
When England needed somebody to save them from the ignominy of defeat to North Macedonia, who came off the bench to save them?
Within 40 seconds of being allowed to run riot, Harry Kane had forced the equaliser and proven why he is the nation's talisman. His mere presence panics the opposition.
A goal against Malta, too, kept his England goal tally ticking along. Sixty-two, now, and always rising.
Any worry that a culture shock moving to Bayern Munich would perturb him has been
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