Gareth Southgate challenged England’s players to “cement” their place in his European Championship thoughts as he braces himself for pressure from club managers about game-time in the Nations League dead rubber against Iceland. Given the circumstances surrounding the final match of the November triple-header and ongoing stresses of an unrelenting calendar, Southgate expects club managers to be twitchy about the use of their players on Wednesday. “In terms of Iceland, it’s still a game that gives opportunities for people to cement a place in the team or in the squad,” Southgate said. “It’s obvious throughout the autumn we’ve been missing so many players in every camp,” the England manager said. “I have got to be fair to the club managers,” he said.

Source: Express November 16, 2020 22:41 UTC