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The names in England starting line-ups are so coveted that when I was first called up to the national team, a journalist contacted me and offered me payment to leak the XI to him! I was dumbfounded. Naturally, I refused.
Gareth Southgate’s XI for this World Cup will be debated and discussed, studied and scrutinised, celebrated if it goes well and criticised if it goes wrong.
Seven of the 11 players who started the 2018 World Cup opener against Tunisia are set to feature heavily in England’s XIs at the 2022 edition. Southgate’s Magnificent Seven have vast experience.
Gareth Southgate will call on the England players he trust mosts at the Qatar World Cup
Jordan Pickford will look maintain his place as England's number one in the middle-east
Kyle Walker is one of Southgate's favourites and was included in the World Cup squad despite still recovering from an operation
There’s Jordan Pickford in goal; Kyle Walker, John Stones and Harry Maguire in
