Dan Burn has suddenly entered the England World Cup conversation following the recent injury to Chelsea's Ben Chilwell. Gareth Southgate's first-choice left-back suffered a torn hamstring in the Blues' Champions League win on Wednesday, almost certainly ruling him out of the Qatar showpiece this month.
England are light on full-backs as it is, with Reece James, Kyle Walker and Kyle Walker-Peters all potentially missing out as well. That means Southgate's usual trick of playing Newcastle right-back Kieran Trippier at left-back may not be an option either.
Instead, the England boss may have to choose a more natural left-sided full-back from the likes of Burn, Justin James of Leicester, Brentford's Rico Henry and Ryan Sessegnon at Tottenham. Burn, however, has the added advantage of impressing for Newcastle in front of Southgate just one week ago at St James' Park.
