Southgate and Kane’s England, before their time to deliver the coup de grace

Los It has been 56 years since England tasted a great triumph They do not prevent ‘professionals’ from facing the World Cup which begins this Sunday with the obligation to feel part of the group of main aspirants. After remaining at the gates in Russia 2018 and in Euro 2021, the appointment in Qatar presents itself as it’s now or never for a block that has grown hand in hand with Gareth Southgate and that you have found yours generational leader in the figure of Harry Kane.

Established as one of the world’s big nine, the Tottenham player achieves his second World Cup well into his maturity, turning into a full-on forward aged 29 and just two goals shy of equaling Wayne Rooney as the national team’s all-time top scorer. 12 goals in 15 games so far in the Premier League They accredit the good moment of one of the most successful European strikers in front of goal and who, at the same time, is capable of making everyone around him better with his ease of combination and association.

All around them, Southgate has unleashed a generation of talented and brash youngsters who grew up on the dawn of the Premier League as the most dominant league in the world. 25 of the 26 called up play in the local championship, another example of the economic and footballing attractiveness offered by English clubs. Among them stand out the first talents such as Mason Mount, Phill Foden or Bukayo Saka, furthermore figuras ya veteranas like Raheem Sterling or Jack Grealish.

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— England (@England) November 10, 2022

Breaking into Bellingham

But if we talk about earliness, there is one name that stands out over the others. Jude Bellinghamthe trendy name of European football and the The only one called up who doesn’t play in the Premier League, at least for now. At just 19, the Borussia Dortmund player aims to be the big transfer of the next summer transfer market, for a figure that comfortably exceeds 100 million. Both Real Madrid and the big English clubs have shown interest in this ‘all-rounder’ who, at just 19, has become the soul of the national team, alongside the West Ham kingpin Declan Rice.

Other doubts leave the defensive line, on which Southgate will not be able to count injured Reece James and Ben Chilwell and in which players like it Harry Maguire or Trent Alexander-Arnold are far from their best form. veterans like it Kyle Walker, Kieran Trippier and John Stones complete a rearguard that will have under the sticks to Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.

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Fifth in the FIFA rankingsEngland will begin their World Cup journey facing Iran on Monday 21 Novemberfor later face the United States on Friday the 25th and close Group B on Tuesday the 29th with Walesin which it will be the first match played in a World Cup against another of the countries that are part of the United Kingdom.

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