Would it work?
Wright believes it could open up England’s attack in the knockout stages Ian Wright has urged Gareth Southgate to bring Cole Palmer into the England squad… even if it means deploying Bukayo Saka at left-back to accommodate the Chelsea star. England toiled to a goalless draw against Slovenia in their final Group C match on Tuesday evening – a result which was good enough to secure qualification for the knockout stages as group winners.
Saka has experience taking up that role at youth level for England having also played there early on in his Arsenal career. Saka struggled again And Wright believes a positional change for Saka could ‘activate’ England’s attack down the left. ‘As great as Saka has done for England in terms of what he creates and his goals and assists, he is a natural left sided player. ‘He started playing for England on the left at youth level, he started at Arsenal on the left.
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