The coach of the Three Lions of England, Gareth Southgate has explained his reason for leaving out Fikayo Tomori from the World Cup Squad.
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Southgate was speaking at a press conference after he announced his 26-man list that will be travelling to Qatar. According to the Englishman, in his opinion Tomori has not done enough to push out other senior centre-backs in the team.
We don't think the young ones [centre-backs] have done quite enough to push the older ones out. Yes, I am sure Harry Maguire is one of our best centre-backs.
Tomori has been a key part of AC Milan's team since he completed his move from Chelsea to the Serie A. However, Southgate has been getting a lot of stick from the English media for leaving out AC Milan's first team defender, Fikayo Tomori from the team.
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Other players who were surprisingly left out of the team are Tammy Abraham, Jodan Sancho and Southampton's James Ward Prowse.
Southgate will hope he can push England to win the World Cup this time after making it to the Semi-final in Russia in 2018. The Three Lions' first game is against Iran on Monday, November 21st, 2022.
