Legendary Arsenal striker Ian Wright believes that Jude Bellingham could reject Liverpool in favour of a move to Manchester City, should he decide to leave Borussia Dortmund.
25.09.2022 - 19:11 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Gareth Southgate has hinted that he will rely on his experienced players for England's World Cup squad rather than make too many changes in reaction to their poor form.
England are five games without a win, and also without a goal in open play, while they were relegated from their Nations League group with defeat to Italy on Friday. Their final Nations League clash with Germany on Monday is their last game before the opening World Cup group game vs Iran on November 21.
Despite the poor form, Southgate insists the schedule before the World Cup means he may have to stick with the players he has relied upon in recent years - which include five Manchester City players.
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"We've got to make sure [because] there's two days between matches, any physical constraints, we've got to still look after the players. A two day turnaround isn't ideal," he said when discussing the need to balance any changes against Germany against building momentum for the players likely to play at the World Cup.
"We have a squad of players with a lot of caps, we have to make sure we're not wasting opportunities to have a look at things. We're homing in on a World Cup and we don't have any matches after this so there's a greater emphasis on trying to bed things down as much as we can
"I spoke when we named the squad about it not being an ideal situation for some players at this moment in time, but there's so much football for them with their clubs with European matches, League Cup. That's putting aside the chance of injuries changes in form for clubs. I'm confident our guys will get football. And some will get more than we'd like in an ideal world so there's a
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