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Coming off the back of a so-so season and a disappointing Champions League final with Manchester City, the 26-year-old’s place in Gareth Southgate’s team had been questioned going into Euro 2020. Have a look through articles from early June and it was easy to omit the forward from pre-tournament England line-ups, with Phil Foden, Jack Grealish and Jadon Sancho all ahead of him. Indeed, we at
The Athletic were guilty of this, thinking that a player who might not be at the front of Pep Guardiola’s plans next season was unlikely to lead the line in England’s opening game against Croatia.