Manager praises crop of full-backs, especially on the rightJames likely to start against Republic of
Ireland on ThursdayGareth Southgate believes
England are blessed with their current crop of attacking full-backs or wing-backs, going as far as to argue that the right side is possibly the strongest area of the squad.
The England manager denied favouring attacking qualities over defensive ones when Manchester United’s Aaron Wan-Bissaka was left out of the squad and Chelsea’s Reece James included despite having to serve a suspension in the Nations League, explaining that on present form it was impossible to leave out James and Trent Alexander-Arnold.