Trent Alexander-Arnold has been included by England manager Gareth Southgate for the nation’s Euro 2020 squad, as has Liverpool team-mate Jordan Henderson.
Addressing the media, the Three Lions boss trimmed his 33-man provisional selections down to 26 – and the mercurial right-back isn’t one of the sorry seven to now be left behind.
Take a look at England’s tweet below for the squad news in full.
Your #ThreeLions squad for #EURO2020! pic.twitter.com/egVtf4ORMT
— England (@England) June 1, 2021
It comes as a little bit of a surprise, given there were loud suggestions in the media that Trent would not be included by Southgate.
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Selfishly, we at Empire of the Kop wouldn’t have seen the Liverpool man getting left behind as bad news – not entirely, at least.
Trent is one of our best players and now runs the risk of getting injured on duty with England, but it’d have been a gut-punch for the young Scouser to have been left behind.
That being said, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic still causing disruptions around the world, Southgate will have another chance to swap players in and out before Euro 2020 kicks off.