The best England XI to miss out on the Euros - and why they failed to make the cut
Telegraph Sport assesses who was unlucky to miss out on the squad and the reasons they were overlooked
1 June 2021 • 5:31pm
It says a lot about the gradual improvement in the quality of English players in the Premier League that a team made up entirely of players who have not made the squad for the European Championships looks strong on paper.
Not as good as the one that will face Croatia in England’s opening group game, obviously, but this is a pretty decent starting XI and shows, after years of falling numbers, that the pool of players available to Gareth Southgate looks more impressive than it has done for years.
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Everton 2-2 Tottenham: Harry Kane scores twice to cancel out Gylfi Sigurdsson s two goals
By Matthew HenryBBC Sport
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Everton 2-2 Tottenham: Jose Mourinho unable to shed light on possible Harry Kane injury
Harry Kane suffered a late injury after scoring twice to rescue a point for Tottenham against Everton at Goodison Park.
Nine days before the Carabao Cup final and 58 days before England s European Championship opener, Kane limped off in stoppage time with an apparent ankle problem.
The striker seemed to land awkwardly after jumping for a header when defending a corner late on.
Manager Jose Mourinho said he did not know how serious the injury was.