How Howard Wilkinson created the pathway for this England team
Whatever happens in Germany over the next month, one thing is for sure: Gareth Southgate is heading there with the most technically gifted squad in English football history. To watch Phil Foden spraying 40-yard passes and control a returned ball on the instep with immediate clarity, or to see Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Eberechi Eze and the rest caressing a football with such ease and dexterity is to make those of us of an older generation shake our heads in astonishment.
Whatever happens in Germany over the next month, one thing is for sure: Gareth Southgate is heading there with the most technically gifted squad in English football history. To watch Phil Foden spraying 40-yard passes and control a returned ball on the instep with immediate clarity, or to see Bukayo Saka, Cole Palmer, Jude Bellingham, Eberechi Eze and the rest caressing a football with such ease and dexterity is to make those of us of an older generation shake our heads in astonishment.
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