What Gareth can’t say about Trent…

THERE is no more boring debate than the one about Liverpool’s Trent AlexanderArnold and England.

Gareth Southgate doesn’t pick him because he isn’t as defensively sound as the alternatives. Southgate cannot say this for fear of the headlines that would follow, but it’s the truth. So in order for the England manager to select the Liverpool player, he would have to tear up a system he believes in and build a new one to accommodate him. The World Cup is 48 days away, so this won’t happen. Nor should it.