England will line up in a 4-3-3 formation tonight with Kalvin Phillips in the starting XI to face Italy.
The midfielder has been dogged by injuries since joining Manchester City from Leeds in a £42million transfer last summer, and has yet to start a Premier League match under Pep Guardiola.
But Three Lions boss Gareth Southgate is ready to trust him at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona as Euro 2024 qualification begins in a midfield three along with Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice.
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Southgate has gone with a forward trio of Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane and Jack Grealish, with Grealish getting the nod over his City team-mate Phil Foden.
Tottenham talisman Kane needs just one more goal to move clear of Wayne Rooney as England’s outright top scorer of all time.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford and Chelsea’s Mason Mount both miss the game through injury, along with Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope and Raheem Sterling.
In defence, Kyle Walker beats Reece James to start at right-back spot while Harry Maguire is trusted in the middle once again. Ben Chilwell has failed to out Luke Shaw on the left.
England XI: Pickford; Walker, Stones, Maguire, Shaw; Phillips, Rice, Bellingham; Saka, Kane, Grealish.
Subs: Trippier, Ramsdale, Henderson, Dier, Maddison, Chilwell, James, Guehi, Gallagher, Foden, Forster, Toney.
