England manager Gareth Southgate named four right-backs including Trent Alexander-Arnold in his final 26-man squad for the European championship on Tuesday after dropping in-form attacking midfielder Jesse Lingard and five other players. Manchester United forward Mason Greenwood was withdrawn earlier due to an underlying injury to whittle the squad down from a provisional 33 named a week ago. The dropped players will remain in the squad for pre-tournament friendlies in Middlesbrough against Austria on Wednesday and Romania on Sunday. Lingard, a regular at the 2018 World Cup, stood out at West Ham United on loan from Manchester United but England have a wealth of talent upfront. Southgate said it would be tight for Manchester United captain Maguire, on the bench for last week's Europa League final, to make the opening game.

Source: The Star June 01, 2021 19:30 UTC