{"id":294839,"date":"2023-11-23T10:25:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=294839"},"modified":"2023-11-23T10:25:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-23T10:25:16","slug":"lineker-shearer-and-richards-debate-england-starting-xi-for-euro-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/lineker-shearer-and-richards-debate-england-starting-xi-for-euro-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Lineker, Shearer and Richards debate England starting XI for Euro 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards debate their England starting XI for Euro 2024 with the trio disagreeing on THREE positions&#8230; while one pundit picks both Phil Foden AND Jack Grealish in his line-up<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Pundits debated who would be in their England squad for Euro 2024 next year\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Gary Lineker agreed on defence with Richards, who named wildcard in midfield\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trent and Bellingham can play together but can&#8217;t get in each other\u2019s way &#8211; IAKO\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards have debated who would get in their England starting XIs at Euro 2024 &#8211; with the trio differing on three positions.<\/p>\n<p>England are looking ahead to next year&#8217;s tournament after the international break saw them beat Malta 2-0 before a 1-1 draw with North Macedonia &#8211; helping them securing top seeding at next year&#8217;s tournament.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The draw for Euro 2024 will take place on December 2 and the Three Lions will avoid top teams like Germany, Portugal, France, Spain and Belgium after being placed in pot one.<\/p>\n<p>And with anticipation building for the competition, pundits Lineker, Shearer and Richards named their starting XIs as things stand on their podcast The Rest is Football.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lineker kicked off the discussion by naming a line-up of Pickford in goal, a backline of Kyle Walker, John Stones, Marc Guehi, Kieran Trippier &#8211; with Jude Bellingham alongside Declan Rice in midfield and James Maddison just ahead of them.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/09\/78150817-12783341-image-a-10_1700730479464.jpg\" height=\"1127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards all debated their England squads for Euro 2024<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>He then picked Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane and Phil Foden in attack.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And then within that, you can bring people on, lots of replacements for those,&#8217;\u00a0 the Match of the Day host added.<\/p>\n<p>Shearer went next, agreeing on Pickford and the same backline &#8211; though he opted for Harry Maguire over Guehi. Like Lineker, Rice and Bellingham were automatic selections in his midfield too &#8211; but he named both Grealish and Foden in his team instead of Maddison &#8211; with Saka and Kane the other names leading the line.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Grealish and Foden &#8211; both Man City team-mates &#8211; are expected to compete for the left-wing role, with Saka looking the favourite to take the right winger spot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Very close,&#8217; Lineker said. &#8216;Not mine [but] only a couple of differences. That&#8217;s good and I wouldn&#8217;t argue with that either.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/09\/78150883-12783341-image-a-11_1700730571965.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>All pundits agreed on Harry Kane (L) and Bukayo Saka &#8211; but Richards named Trent Alexander-Arnold (C) in this midfield<\/p>\n<p>It then fell to Richards to name his starting XI &#8211; as he named the same keeper and backline as Lineker &#8211; but not before the two other pundits laughed at him for his pronounciation of Marc Guehi.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ger-hi? Who&#8217;s Ger-hi?&#8217; Lineker asked, with Richards bursting into laughter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The former Man City star also agreed on Rice and Bellingham in midfield &#8211; but said he would play Liverpool star Trent Alexander-Arnold alongside them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The right-back has been deployed in midfield a number of times this season and started in the position in both games against Malta and North Macedonia over the international break.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/09\/78150915-12783341-image-a-12_1700730645434.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Declan Rice (L) was picked by all three &#8211; but Alan Shearer opted to have both Jack Grealish (C) and Phil Foden in his side &#8211; despite both vying for the left wing role<\/p>\n<p>Richards then plumped for Harry Kane and Bukayo Saka in attack before hinting he would deploy Jack Grealish on the wing.<\/p>\n<p>Despite avoiding some big teams by being placed in pot one for the Euro 2024 draw, England could still face a &#8216;Group of Death&#8217; situation in Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Italy have dropped into pot four, meaning the highest-seeded teams &#8211; including England &#8211; could face a potential &#8216;Group of Death&#8217; involving the Netherlands, who are in pot three, and Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Pot two currently consists of Hungary, Denmark and Albania, who won their respective qualifying groups, as well as Austria who finished just one point behind Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>They will be joined by Turkey and Romania.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/23\/09\/78150823-12783341-image-m-16_1700731280076.jpg\" height=\"578\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England boss Gareth Southgate face a tough decision over selection in Germany next year\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>England could face Scotland in a rematch from Euro 2020, with Steve Clarke&#8217;s side in pot three alongside Slovenia, Slovakia, Czech Republic and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>The Three Lions could also be drawn against Romania, Slovenia and Switzerland, which on paper would be among the easiest draws possible for Southgate&#8217;s men.<\/p>\n<p>Nations who have qualified for the play-offs include Georgia, Greece, Ukraine, Poland, Estonia, Finland, Kazakhstan, Israel, Luxembourg, Iceland, Bosnia and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those nations qualified for the play-offs thanks to their Nations League campaigns, with Estonia making the cut despite only taking one point from eight games in their Euro 2024 qualifying group.<\/p>\n<p>They will be joined in the play-offs by Wales following Tuesday night&#8217;s results. Euro 2024 begins on June 14 and ends with the final in Berlin on July 14.<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12783341\/Gary-Lineker-Alan-Shearer-Micah-Richards-debate-England-starting-XI-Euro-2024.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards debate their England starting XI for Euro 2024 with the trio disagreeing on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294838,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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