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Joe Bray

Gareth Southgate outlines England selection plan that will please Pep Guardiola and Man City

Gareth Southgate will rotate his England players for their four fixtures in June, giving Manchester City's five selected players time to recover from their Premier League title-winning excursions.

John Stones and Kyle Walker have been declared fit enough to be selected for England's Nations League clashes against Hungary, Germany, Italy and Hungry again in the first two weeks of June. Raheem Sterling, Phil Foden and Jack Grealish have also been named in the 27-man squad, which includes five right-backs and no left-backs.

Explaining his selection, Southgate says the larger squad is to allow for all players to get a mixture of playing time after a long, tiring season - something that may please Pep Guardiola, who is often concerned with his players being overworked on international duty and not getting enough rest between seasons.

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