Gareth Southgate has described his decision to drop Marcus Rashford, continue to exclude Jadon Sancho and keep faith in Harry Maguire as “fairly straightforward” as he reflected on his squad announcement for the Wembley friendlies against Switzerland and Ivory Coast.
The England manager has given a first call-up to the Crystal Palace centre-half Marc Guéhi, recalled the Burnley goalkeeper Nick Pope and the Arsenal centre-half Ben White and omitted Kyle Walker, although he said the Manchester City defender would return for June’s Nations League ties. It was the status of Rashford, Sancho and Maguire – the Manchester United trio – that dominated the discussion.
