Gareth Southgate announced his official England squad for Euro 2024 last night with the big news being the omissions of Jack Grealish and James Maddison, who were both in the squad at the last major tournament, the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
The England boss named a 33-player preliminary squad for two warm-up matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland two weeks ago knowing that he would need to cut seven players ahead of the tournament. The squad announcement was due to take place tomorrow morning but, as news filtered out of the camp that some big names had been cut, the FA brought forward the reveal.
Along with Maddison and Grealish, Manchester United’s Harry Maguire will play no part in the tournament, nor will goalkeeper James Trafford, defenders Jarell Quansah and Jarrad Branthwaite and Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones.
Addressing the squad announcement at a press conference, Southgate said the reason Grealish and Maddison had not been included was because other players had better seasons.
“All the players took the news really respectfully,” said Southgate, “Of course, all players will believe they should be in and that’s why they are top players.
“They have that self-belief and mindset, but the fact is we have some players who have been playing extremely well all season in the league.
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