Manchester United’s poor season is reflected in Gareth Southgate’s England squad for the upcoming friendlies against Switzerland and Ivory Coast.
United have endured a mixed campaign under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick and the club has just two players in the Three Lions squad. Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw are the only United players to have made the cut, with Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, Aaron Wan-Bissaka, Jesse Lingard and Dean Henderson among those to be left out.
Maguire and Shaw are perhaps fortunate to be called up, with both far off the form which saw them play important roles in England’s run to the final of Euro 2020 last year. The United captain has struggled for rhythm, due in part to injury, while Shaw has been out with an injury for the past three weeks.
