England Senior National Team General Discussion Thread

England midfielder Kobbie Mainoo, 21, has verbally agreed to a new five-year contract with Manchester United. (Sun)

Nottingham Forest’s England midfielder Elliot Anderson, 23, and Real Madrid and France midfielder Aurelien Tchouameni, 26, are being eyed by Manchester United as they look to replace the departing Casemiro. (Telegraph - subscription required), external

Chelsea plan to hijack both Manchester clubs in the race for £100m Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson - The i

Brighton could offer England goalkeeper James Trafford, 23, a route out of Manchester City in the summer. (Florian Plettenberg)

Chelsea and Manchester United are among the clubs keeping tabs on Bournemouth’s 22-year-old English midfielder Alex Scott. (Caught Offside)

Marcus Rashford is one of five players expected to leave Barcelona this summer, with a return to Manchester United on the cards - The Mirror

 

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Wonder what the odds Cheslea’s owners try and bring back Tuchel because he is their last manager their fans liked.

 

https://www.oddschecker.com/football/football-specials/chelsea/next-permanent-manager

 

Tuchel is not going to Chelsea ffs

 

If England do badly at the world cup and he resigns then maybe its a possibility

 

O'Reilly playing midfield tonight, alongside Bernardo Silva.

 

Walker, Ward-Prowse, Laurent, Humphreys and Anthony start for Burnley. Worrall and Edwards are on the bench.
Guehi and O’Reilly start for Manchester City. Trafford, Stones and Foden are on the bench.

Hill, Scott and Tavernier start for Bournemouth. Smith is on the bench.
Justin, Bogle and Calvert-Lewin start for Leeds. Longstaff is on the bench.

Be interesting to see if that changes the perception in the media that he is nailed on to start at left back come the World Cup

 

Kane starting the DFB Pokal semi up against Quansah.

 

The amount of players England have that are in contention for midfield places that are 25 and under is getting out of hand.

 

It’s decent compared to our recent past but then if you compare to Spain, it’s ridiculous how many they have.

 

Spain grow midfielders on trees.

 

Man city playing 3 at the back.

 

Kane scores

 

Livramento will be out till at least the middle of May.
Have a feeling Tuchel is going to leave him out for the World Cup with at least one of Spence, White or Quansah going instead.

 

Let's not play guessing games

 

Longstaff scored.

 

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Barcelona want Marcus Rashford, 28, to stay on loan next season rather than pay Manchester United the previously agreed £26m to sign the England forward permanently. (Mirror), external

Liverpool, Chelsea, Tottenham, Aston Villa and Newcastle have expressed an interest in signing Manchester City and England goalkeeper James Trafford, 23. (Goal)

Manchester United are keeping tabs on Bournemouth’s English midfielder Alex Scott, 22. (Mirror)

Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has advised Kobbie Mainoo that playing time should be the primary consideration when weighing up his Man Utd future - Daily Mirror

 

European Championship qualifying may switch to Nations League-style format
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ing-may-switch-to-nations-league-style-format

 

Manchester City are in pole position to sign Nottingham Forest's Elliot Anderson this summer, Sky Sports News understands.
https://www.skysports.com/football/...ielder-amid-interest-from-man-utd-and-arsenal

 

Aston Villa are interested in Manchester City and England goalkeeper James Trafford, 23, as a potential replacement for Emiliano Martinez if the 33-year-old Argentina goalkeeper decides to leave. (Times - subscription required), external

Manchester City are in pole position to sign Nottingham Forest and England midfielder Elliot Anderson, 23, despite interest from clubs including Manchester United and Arsenal . (Sky Sports, external)

Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho, currently on loan at Aston Villa, has given his approval for a return to Borussia Dortmund in the summer, with both parties holding concrete talks over a deal. (Sky Sport - in German, external)

 

I haven't checked whether the stats back this up, but he strikes me as remarkably similar to Anderson in his style and skillset. Could make him very useful as we don't really have a convincing back-up for Anderson, but I have some doubts about whether the under-21 partnership would be as effective at senior level if they both started.

 

Rigg starts for Sunderland. O’Nein and H Jones are on the bench.
Anderson, Gibbs-White and Hutchinson start for Forest. Yates and McAtee are on the bench.

 

Anderson vs Xhaka should be interesting.