Manchester United’s Ashley Young has been recalled to the England squad for the forthcoming friendly games against Germany and Brazil but his Reds team mate Chris Smalling has been omitted by England boss Gareth Southgate. Embed from Getty Images Young is joined in the squad by uncapped youngsters Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Tammy Abraham, and Joe Gomez. […]
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Harry Kane’s strike papers over England cracks in Lithuania
LITHUANIA 0, ENGLAND 1 Harry Kane scored again, his seventh international goal in six games for England – and fourth as captain – on the artificial pitch in Vilnius as Lithuania and England contributed little to nothing to an utterly forgettable rainswept game. Embed from Getty Images With a place in the Russia World Cup […]
England qualify for World Cup but limp to victory against Slovenia
ENGLAND 1, SLOVENIA 0 It ought to have been a night of joyous celebrations as England qualified for the finals of the World Cup, but it was anything but that as they struggled to beat Slovenia at Wembley. Embed from Getty Images Captain Fantastic Harry Kane came up with the winner four minutes into six […]
Fabian Delph and Phil Jones pull out of England squad with injuries
Fabian Delph and Phil Jones have withdrawn from the England squad with manager Gareth Southgate calling up Tottenham’s Harry Winks to the squad to cover for the absences. Embed from Getty Images The news will be a blow to Delph in particular whose last England cap was almost two years ago and had earned a […]
Fabian Delph returns to England squad
Manchester City midfielder Fabian Delph has been recalled to the England squad for the final two World Cup qualifiers against Slovenia and Lithuania in October. Delph’s last of just nine England caps was in November 2015 against Spain and the 27-year-old has endured an injury-hit spell with City since joined from Aston Villa earlier that […]