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England strolled to a 3-0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday night as they resumed their preparations for Euro 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n
Cole Palmer, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Harry Kane grabbed the goals as the Three Lions\u00a0put in a fine second-half display up at St James\u2019 Park.<\/p>\n
Only one friendly remains before England\u2019s European Championship campaign kicks off.<\/p>\n
So what did we learn from this penultimate warm-up?<\/p>\n
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Trent Alexander-Arnold has to play\u2026somewhere<\/h2>\n<\/figure>\n
A maestro, a magician \/ Justin Setterfield\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
The pose, the grace, the technique. No player in the\u00a0England\u00a0squad has a skillset quite like Alexander-Arnold\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Even before scoring with a fine volley, the 25-year-old was the standout performer at St James\u2019 Park, spraying passes in midfield before reverting to his natural right-back role and still getting involved on the ball, notably switching the ball so effortlessly in a real win for fans of satisfying footballing aesthetics.<\/p>\n
Gareth Southgate has made a point of naming Alexander-Arnold as a midfielder in recent squads, calling upon his dangerous whipped passing higher up the pitch. This is most likely where he\u2019ll start at\u00a0Euro 2024, but it\u2019s still worth reverting him to right-back in place of Kyle Walker in games and situations in which England are expected to have more possession.<\/p>\n
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Crystal Palace, England\u2019s new hotbed of talent<\/h2>\n<\/figure>\n
What a player he is, by the way \/ Justin Setterfield\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
Four Crystal Palace players in the provisional squad, Gareth? Four? That\u2019s insane.<\/p>\n
Well, it turns out it isn\u2019t actually\u00a0that<\/em>\u00a0insane.<\/p>\n
All three of the Eagles\u2019 outfielders called up to the preliminary England setup got a run-out against Bosnia and Herzegovina, and all three impressed.<\/p>\n
Marc Guehi was perhaps the most understated of the performers, filling in seamlessly at centre-back. Reports on Monday claimed injuries to John Stones and Harry Maguire will see Guehi start England\u2019s first few games at Euro 2024, and this was a reassuring reminder of his credentials.<\/p>\n
Further up the pitch, Eberechi Eze danced and pranced his way from trailing legs, looking a lot like the Jack Grealish that became the nation\u2019s heartthrob at the last European Championships.<\/p>\n
And then there was everyone\u2019s new favourite deep-lying playmaker, Adam Wharton. Oh boy, what a class act this kid is.<\/p>\n
Palace\u2019s young core might not play a whole lot of meaningful minutes at Euro 2024, but they\u2019ll be in England squads for many years to come.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
England strolled to a 3-0 win against Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday night as they resumed their preparations for Euro 2024. Cole Palmer, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Harry Kane grabbed the goals as the Three Lions\u00a0put in a fine second-half display up at St James\u2019 Park. Only one friendly remains before England\u2019s European Championship campaign kicks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186790,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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