Meet England's new leadership team: The four stars tasked with being Gareth Southgate's generals… after he AXED three players who policed the dressing room
Daily MailEngland captain Harry Kane has been joined by Kyle Walker, Declan Rice and Kieran Trippier in Gareth Southgate’s new-look unofficial leadership group. Gareth Southgate and Harry Kane will front a new England leadership group Seasoned veterans like Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling have been axed In their wake, players like Kieran Trippier and Kyle Walker are set to step up Rice’s emergence as one of the squad’s stalwarts was highlighted by Mail Sport on Monday with sources indicating Southgate has gravitated increasingly to the Arsenal star ahead of the tournament. Indeed, it will be interesting to see how England cope at a major tournament without the core of a squad that led the national team’s sharp improvements under Southgate. Southgate made his disapproval of the performance crystal clear to his players after the game, with the England boss particularly irked at his team’s effort off the ball.