The England squad was announced on Thursday afternoon
There were some controversial decisions within the squad as the likes of Raheem Sterling and James Ward Prowse were missing.
Whilst Kalvin Phillips and Harry Maguire, who have barely featured for their clubs were included in the squad.Sterling , Southgate said: “It's a difficult call. Raheem isn't particularly happy about it and I understand that. I'm convinced he's going to have an excellent season at Chelsea. He continued: “He was not available for the last two and that's given other people the opportunity to play well and establish themselves.”“It is a difficult call and Raheem is not particularly happy about it but I understand that.”, Southgate said: “With Kalvin [Phillips], it's not ideal he's not playing football. Declan Rice was the only England player to start at weekend as a single pivot. Kalvin is the next best to do that.
On Nketiah, the England boss said:"Eddie is coming in because it is an area where we would like to look at him. He has a good pedigree, is a very good finisher, record goalscorer with Under-21s and is a player we are really interested in."
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