Originally named in manager Roy Hodgson’s provisional 26-man squad, Leicester City midfielder Drinkwater and Newcastle United winger Townsend made way.
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There had only been three specialist centre-backs in the initial selection, along with the versatile defensive midfielder Eric Dier, and concerns have been raised that there is little defensive cover in the case of injuries or suspensions.
There appears to be no end to the Manchester United wonderkid’s story and next season at Old Trafford it is entirely possible that he won’t be alone, as others are in line to follow him from the academy to the first team.
“It does tilt towards youth and attackers”, he said.
Asked if he had a message for Manchester United player, Pele said of Rashford: “If he has good support from the team, I think he has to [have confidence] and trust himself”. “It was tough and in some ways I am satisfied I have the 23 I want to take”. The Three Lions have been producing excellent performances as of late and given that Jamie Vardy returns to the starting XI, I believe that England is a huge favorite in this game.
“He’s had a very, very good season”. I want to test my whole squad.
“But there is no doubt with Harry Kane up there, with Dele Alli, we will go forward, we will look exciting and we will score goals”. “With Marcus now in this tournament, for me he doesn’t need much advice”.
By the time the season ended, Rashford was an FA Cup-winner and had scored eight goals in 17 appearances for United. They are one of the favourites.
Having netted eight goals in 18 appearances after bursting on to the scene in late February, Rashford scored 138 seconds into Friday’s worldwide debut and was named man of the match in the 2-1 friendly win against Australia. With this squad they’ve got the ability to give us that. “We were discussing 25 continually”. “It will be very interesting to see in a squad of 23 whether or not he can bring those qualities to bear at an even higher level”.
Drawn in Group B, England will face Russian Federation on June 11 before going head-to-head with Wales and Slovakia.
“He’s there to help the players when they feel they need help and to make certain that, on certain occasions when we’re discussing the philosophy of our tournament, he can play a role, ” said Hodgson.
“The message would be powerful coming from him, and he agreed straight away, albeit with a bit of time to think about what he was -going to say. he had an afternoon”.
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“It certainly was never going to be “if we put Rashford in for this game and he does well, we’ll take him”. I strongly believe he deserves his place in the squad”, Rooney said. Ireland’s squad contains just one player – Cyrus Christie – aged 23 or younger and worryingly, Ireland also had the oldest squad at Euro 2012, when they were comprehensively beaten in all of their group games.
