Ramsdale, Maddison, Sterling - The big decisions Gareth Southgate faces ahead of England squad
England managerGareth Southgate has some tough decisions to make in the goalkeeper and left-back positions as he gets ready to pick his team for two big Euro 2024 warm-up friendly matches on Thursday.
With only three months left until their first match of the tournament against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen, the preparations are getting serious with games against Brazil and Belgium at Wembley in March.
This is the last get-together before Southgate announces his preliminary Euros squad just after the end of the Premier League season, with the final team to be given to UEFA on June 8.
Southgate will be crossing his fingers that none of his key players get injured before then but first he has to sort out problems with player availability, how much they're playing and how well they're doing in this meet up.
Joe Gomez and Jack Butland might be called back into the squad, while Kalvin Phillips will be hoping his good performances in the past will help him get picked even though he's had a tough start at West Ham.
Whether or not to pick Jordan Henderson, who Southgate really likes, has been a big topic of conversation in the run up to the Euros after he moved to Saudi Arabian team Al-Ettifaq, but he's now back in Europe, having signed for Ajax in January.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, who Southgate sees as a midfielder, has been out for a month because of a knee problem, with Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Ross Barkley hoping to get picked, while Tottenham's James Maddison is fit again.
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