{"id":72419,"date":"2022-09-16T14:38:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T13:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/epl-paul-scholes-names-player-southgate-shouldve-picked-over-grealish-for-england"},"modified":"2022-09-16T16:13:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:13:11","slug":"epl-paul-scholes-names-player-southgate-shouldve-picked-over-grealish-for-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/epl-paul-scholes-names-player-southgate-shouldve-picked-over-grealish-for-england","title":{"rendered":"EPL: Paul Scholes names player Southgate should\u2019ve picked over Grealish for England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Manchester United legend, Paul Scholes, believes England manager, Gareth Southgate, should have included Jadon Sancho in the Three Lions squad ahead of Manchester City\u2019s Jack Grealish.<\/p>\n<p>England will be competing in their last two matches before the 2022 FIFA World Cup during the upcoming international break.<\/p>\n<p>Southgate\u2019s men had on Thursday announced a 28-man squad for England\u2019s Nations League fixtures against Italy and Germany as Sancho failed to make the list.<\/p>\n<p>However, Scholes has now questioned Southgate\u2019s decision not to include Sancho in the England squad.<\/p>\n<p>He said on BT Sport (as quoted by Football 365): \u201cGareth\u2019s picked his players for a reason, possibly from previous squads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he [Jadon Sancho] probably deserves to be in over Jack Grealish at the minute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scholes added, \u201cHe [Sancho] scored a good goal against Liverpool and showed signs tonight [against FC Sheriff]. He\u2019s better when he\u2019s coming inside and linking play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Manchester United legend, Paul Scholes, believes England manager, Gareth Southgate, should have included Jadon Sancho in the Three Lions squad ahead of Manchester City\u2019s Jack Grealish. England will be competing in their last two matches before the 2022 FIFA World Cup during the upcoming international break. 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