England squad announcement: Gareth Southgate to name final Nations League group before World Cup 2022
The i says England manager Gareth Southgate names his final squad for the last camp before he must decide who is selected to fly to Qatar for this winter’s World Cup.
His side face extremely tough tests in their last two games, a trip to Milan to face reigning European Champions Italy before returning home for the visit of Germany to Wembley.
The time for experimenting is over and Southgate is expected to name his strongest sides for the Nations League ties, with the England team in its lowest ebb since he became manager and led the nation to the semi-finals of the World Cup and the final of Euro 2020.
Following an unbeaten World Cup qualification group, the team’s last four games — albeit in a condensed period of four matches at the end of a long season impacted by Covid — resulted in two defeats to Hungary and draws with their upcoming opponents.