Lineker, Shearer and Richards name their England starting XIs for Euro 2024
Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards have debated who would get in their England starting XIs at Euro 2024 - with the trio differing on three positions.
England are looking ahead to next year's tournament after the international break saw them beat Malta 2-0 before a 1-1 draw with North Macedonia - helping them securing top seeding at next year's tournament.
The draw for Euro 2024 will take place on December 2 and the Three Lions will avoid top teams like Germany, Portugal, France, Spain and Belgium after being placed in pot one.
And with anticipation building for the competition, pundits Lineker, Shearer and Richards named their starting XIs as things stand on their podcast The Rest is Football.
Lineker kicked off the discussion by naming a line-up of Pickford in goal, a backline of Kyle Walker, John Stones, Marc Guehi, Kieran Trippier - with Jude Bellingham alongside Declan Rice in midfield and James Maddison just ahead of them.
He then picked Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane and Phil Foden in attack.
'And then within that, you can bring people on, lots of replacements for those,' the Match of the Day host added.
Shearer went next, agreeing on Pickford and the same backline - though he opted for Harry Maguire over Guehi. Like Lineker, Rice and Bellingham were automatic selections in his midfield too - but he named both Grealish and Foden in his team instead of Maddison - with Saka and Kane the other names leading the line.
Grealish and Foden - both Man City team-mates - are expected to compete for the left-wing role, with Saka looking the favourite to take the right winger spot.
'Very close,' Lineker said. 'Not mine [but] only a couple of differences. That's good and I wouldn't argue with that either.'
It then fell to
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