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Gareth Southgate says Harvey Barnes is a player England \u201clike a lot\u201d and Kieran Trippier praised Elliot Anderson\u2019s potential amid talk of a possible tug-of-war with Scotland for the Newcastle duo.<\/p>\n
There is an increasing number of players that have been part of the English set-up that have gone on to represent another country, including Jamal Musiala and Wilfried Zaha.<\/p>\n
Angus Gunn was called up to the England senior squad by Southgate before switching allegiance to Tuesday\u2019s opponents Scotland, who are now reportedly targeting Barnes.<\/p>\n
The 25-year-old has yet to add to the solitary senior England cap he won in 2020 but remains on the manager\u2019s radar, as does Newcastle team-mate Anderson.<\/p>\n
The Whitley Bay-born 20-year-old spent two days with Scotland last week before withdrawing from the squad due to injury.<\/p>\n
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\u201cBoth are very good players,\u201d England boss Southgate said of the Newcastle pair in the bowels of Hampden Park ahead of Tuesday\u2019s friendly.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn terms of Harvey, he\u2019s obviously a player who has played for us. We have a lot of competition in that area of the pitch so he is a player we are always monitoring and he\u2019s a player we like a lot.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith Elliot, I think he\u2019s a player who has progressed really well. We\u2019ve previously spoken with him, but of course he was named in the squad here so assumed that was that.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he had an excellent pre-season with Newcastle as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou could see that evolution that he has got as a young player and the potential he has got. I know at Newcastle they rate him very highly.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI don\u2019t know the answer to the ultimate question for either player, but there are going to be more and more of these sorts of situations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many players with dual or triple nationality now.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is very complicated for every country and sometimes you can\u2019t offer the player something as quickly as they like.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have benefited from it and we have lost players because of it and I think that is always going to be the case, really.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair\u2019s club team-mate was sat alongside Southgate in Glasgow, with right-back Trippier full of praise for homegrown Newcastle talent Anderson.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the gaffer said before, in pre-season he\u2019s been unbelievable,\u201d Trippier said of a player who has represented both nations at youth level.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it was good for him last year to stay with us and not go out on loan again, to gain that experience.<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe\u2019s a young lad with great potential. Obviously we\u2019ve had talks but, like Gareth said before, he went away with Scotland.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately that\u2019s his decision. He\u2019s a young lad with great potential so that decision is ultimately up to him.\u201d<\/p>\n