Kane call, three-sy does it and Shaw in?

ENGLAND face the Netherlands in Dortmund this evening looking to book a place in back-to-back European Championship finals.

- MARK MANN-BRYANS

Gareth Southgate's side have been heavily criticised for their performances at Euro 2024 but are one game away from Sunday's showpiece in Berlin.

Here, we take a look at some of the key talking points ahead of the meeting with the Dutch.

NO KANE, NO GAIN?

It would have been unthinkable before a ball was kicked at the Euros to consider that Harry Kane's place in Southgate's starting XI would be called into question.

Captain, all-time leading goalscorer and a man who hit the back of the net 44 times in 45 appearances for Bayern Munich last season.

But the 30-year-old has struggled throughout the tournament and in the quarter-final win over Switzerland in particular, and has been substituted as many times as he has scored - twice-while Ivan Toney has impressed in his short outings from the bench.