The mystery baffling the football-following fraternity – how on earth could Gareth Southgate mess up Trent Alexander-Arnold?
The England boss told BBC Sport: “He’s had some moments that he has delivered as we thought.
It’s a trial — we do not have like-for-like replacement for Kalvin Phillips. We are not flowing like we want to be at the moment.
And that Kalvin Phillips, so easily anonymous in those warm-ups (opponents: Estonia and Luxembourg) was selected for this tournament, made it on to the plane to Qatar for another World Cup finals but only began a game.
Unfortunately, comparing our vice-captain to a player who struggled on loan at West Ham last season says it all that Southgtate is out of touch.
