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England boss still sweating over final picks

- England boss still sweating over final picks

GARETH SOUTHGATE knows the clock is ticking.

The England manager has to trim his Euro 2024 squad to 26 on Saturday and there is less than a fortnight until the first group match against Serbia on Sunday, June 16.

And yet there are question marks in central defence, at leftback, in central midfield and how to shoehorn both Jude Bellingham and Phil Foden into the starting line-up.

While Jack Grealish sweats on his place and Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw remain big injury doubts, the midfield solution is likely to come in the shape of a full-back. Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold will get an audition in midfield across the next two friendlies against Bosnia & Herzegovina tonight and Iceland on Friday in the hope that he can solve perhaps the picked this ek 9 biggest puzzle.