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I think he certainly deserves the call up but it's interesting that just last week Southgate said he hadn't played enough senior club games. So what's suddenly changed? Was he going to get called up by Ghana or has Southgate realised that he's messed up. He originally had only six players to cover (presumably) three central midfield slots and nine players to cover three attacking positions. Of those CMs only Rice and Henderson could be termed defensive. One or two injuries to those two and the team would have been in severe trouble.
What's more annoying is the manager's inability to coach players to play in more dynamic positions. Will Stones be used as he is for Man City alongside a more dynamic player than Maguire? He's been very reluctant to use TAA in a midfield position and seems to flatly refuse to use or coach Foden to play in midfield. Ironically we're more likely to see two defensive midfielders behind Bellingham rather than Bellingham, Foden plus one other. A better coach and we would be one of the favourites.
Really good performance in the FA cup against Liverpool may be why