Gomez has been rewarded for a fine season at club level with a return to the international scene just in time to potentially go to his first major tournament at Euro 2024. It was during a session while away with England in November 2020 when Gomez injured tendons in his knee, leading to surgery and an eight-month spell on the sidelines.
"I'd be lying if I said it didn't have a psychological toll," he replied when asked Wednesday how it felt to return to the same training pitch where he suffered his injury. "I left in an ambulance quite abruptly from the training pitch. It meant a lot to me. Just even yesterday, doing the warm up. It was nice to feel like I could close that chapter, not to be over dramatic."
"Everyone gets injured, it is part of the game but it being so sudden, the way it happened, just leaving and never really getting the chance to come back was tough to deal with," he added.
Gomez was considered a favourite of Gareth Southgate earlier in his career, playing regularly under the England boss when he was in charge of the national Under-21 set-up. Southgate also handed the now 26-year-old his senior international debut in 2017 and Gomez defended Southgate after Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp's recent jibe about his wait for an England recall.
"Gareth has been good with me. I was with Gareth all the way through the (Under) 21s and he picked me for my debut," said Gomez. "That was nice, to reunite with him and be back doing what I'm meant to be doing. "Gareth's great in that sense on an individual basis, keeping in touch and speaking to the players."
During Gomez's time away from the international scene, England have developed into regular contenders for major tournament glory. Southgate's men reached their first
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