gws giants guernsey 2019<\/a><\/p>\nNations can make changes to their squads between now and the start of the tournament on June 11 but only if new injuries occur \u2013 meaning Maguire and Henderson cannot be replaced if they fail to recover from their current setbacks.<\/p>\n
Southgate was keen to have them involved, especially since UEFA increased squad sizes from 23 to 26, but is wary of pinning his hopes on the duo being able to play.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody can see that it\u2019s not an ideal situation when we\u2019re 10 days away from the first game,\u201d he told BBC Radio 5Live.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we feel they\u2019re important players, we\u2019re realistic and we\u2019re feeling that if they can play a part with the team as the tournament goes forward, then that\u2019s a bonus.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve covered what we might need with the rest of the squad. Because we had 26 we felt to bring their leadership into the group, to bring their experience, to bring their quality \u2013 if we can have \u2013 it is a bonus.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we\u2019re not hanging our hat on, we definitely have them for any particular game, we\u2019ve got to prepare as if they won\u2019t be with us and if we can get them to where we want them to be, then that\u2019s a bonus.\u201d<\/p>\n
Southgate revealed he intends to give Henderson a run out in Wednesday\u2019s friendly against Austria at Middlesbrough\u2019s Riverside Stadium.<\/p>\n
However, Maguire has not yet linked up with the rest of the squad and Southgate admits it will be a \u201ctight\u201d call on the defender\u2019s involvement \u2013 even with the England medical team set to put in overtime.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got the full picture, we know exactly where he\u2019s up to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe hasn\u2019t been able to travel to us yet because of the quarantine after the European final in Poland. So we\u2019ve travelled there, a little bit.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe should be with us tomorrow with the other Manchester United players and then, of course, we\u2019re able to work around the clock with him, to try to get to the best level possible.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is going to be tight for the first game, there is no question. He is such a good player and because we had the additional size of squad, we wanted to take that opportunity to bring him into the squad.\u201d<\/p>\n
There are also smaller worries over Jack Grealish and Marcus Rashford but Southgate offered a positive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cJack has trained with the team, he hasn\u2019t been able to train every day \u2013 we have to manage his load,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to get the players to the best possible point but we don\u2019t want to break them in the process.<\/p>\n
\u201cMarcus we haven\u2019t seen on the grass but I have spoken with him and he assures me he is happy with where he is at. We go from there with that one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rashford\u2019s Manchester United team-mate Mason Greenwood withdrew from the squad before Southgate\u2019s provisional 33-man pool was trimmed.<\/p>\n
The 19-year-old was ruled out after United announced that playing in the competition would not be \u201cbeneficial\u201d for an ongoing injury problem.<\/p>\n
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ENGLAND MANAGER GARETH Southgate has named Harry Maguire and Jordan Henderson in his European Championship squad but admits he must prepare as if the injured duo will not play in the tournament. Southgate named his final 26-man squad early on Tuesday evening with both Maguire and Henderson making the cut. Manchester United captain Maguire missed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}