Mark Goldbridge: Gareth Southgate’s Jordan Henderson trip was lazy, he should be watching Manchester United’s Kobbie Mainoo and Chelsea’s Cole Palmer
In an exclusive column for talkSPORT.com, Mark Goldbridge questions Gareth Southgate's decision to watch Jordan Henderson's Ajax debut, his 'lazy' approach to managing England and how he must start scouting younger stars.
I can't get my head around Gareth Southgate as an England manager so I'm going to struggle to get my head around what he does as a scout.
I think England should win the Euros at a canter, I think we've got so many good players, I was doing a debate about [Bukayo] Saka and [Phil] Foden.
And you think, 'Hold on a minute,' from an England point of view we're having this conversation, there's so many quality players.
Kobbie Mainoo, Cole Palmer, I've been really impressed by Conor Gallagher in a bad Chelsea team.
There's so many players, and Jordan Henderson was getting picked when he was in Saudi, he's basically retiring for money and he still gets picked for England.
Kalvin Phillips is still getting picked for England when he's played less than 90 minutes before Christmas — and is back on the bench at West Ham.
Gareth Southgate will probably — and hopefully — win the Euros, but the way he does it isn't as good as it should be done.
Jordan Henderson shouldn't be in an England team.
It baffles me how he is the biggest shirt selling player at Ajax, this is a club that has produced absolute legends of the game.
And they've embarrassed themselves by breaking records for Jordan Henderson's shirt — they must have had a 90 per cent discount — it doesn't make any sense to me.
Henderson has been a good player, but Mainoo, Gallagher, James Ward-Prowse, they're delivering in the biggest and best league in the world.
And he's going after people like Phillips and Henderson, but that's Southgate for you, he's ridiculously loyal I
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