{"id":189111,"date":"2024-06-11T15:28:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/11\/declan-rice-and-jude-bellinghams-likely-partner-in-england-midfield-revealed\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T15:28:26","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:28:26","slug":"declan-rice-and-jude-bellinghams-likely-partner-in-england-midfield-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/06\/11\/declan-rice-and-jude-bellinghams-likely-partner-in-england-midfield-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham\u2019s likely partner in England midfield revealed \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Trent Alexander-Arnold is favourite to start England\u2019s opening Euro 2024 game against Serbia alongside Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham, according to reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold has been handed the number eight shirt for the tournament, suggesting he\u2019ll continue operating in the centre of midfield rather than his usual role of right-back \u2013 a position he\u2019s widely considered to be one of the\u00a0best in the world\u00a0in.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0star impressed in midfield during England\u2019s 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina at the beginning of June, scoring either side of goals from Cole Palmer and Harry Kane, and the\u00a0<em>Telegraph<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>Guardian<\/em>\u00a0report that he\u2019s favourite to be given the nod by Gareth Southgate.<\/p>\n<p>Conor Gallagher, Kobbie Mainoo and Adam Wharton are the other options available to Southgate, who is guaranteed to start Arsenal\u2019s Declan Rice and Real Madrid\u2019s Jude Bellingham barring any late fitness concerns.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen how England\u2019s midfield structure will actually look, but Alexander-Arnold could sit in a deep-lying midfield pivot alongside Rice, freeing Bellingham to push further forward, and doing so would allow him to lean on his extraordinary range of passing.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old could also push higher up the pitch, dropping Rice into a lone anchor role, and has shown a keen eye for goal ever since he broke into Liverpool\u2019s team back in 2017.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/01j037t3wp57pzda7hq2.jpg\" alt=\"Declan Rice\" title=\"Declan Rice\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold looks set to partner Declan Rice \/ Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>Southgate has publicly stated that Alexander-Arnold was given the number eight shirt \u201cfor a reason\u201d, and he\u2019ll follow in the footsteps of some of England\u2019s greatest ever talents. Frank Lampard, Paul Scholes and Steven Gerrard all wore England\u2019s number eight jersey at stages of their career \u2013 three players who formed part of the\u00a0Three Lions\u2019 Golden Generation\u00a0at the beginning of the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>Selecting a starting midfield could be the least of Southgate\u2019s worries heading into\u00a0England\u2019s first game, with preparations affected not only by the shock\u00a01-0 defeat\u00a0to Iceland on Friday, but also by injuries to key defenders.<\/p>\n<p>Harry Maguire did not make the final 26-player squad after failing to overcome a calf injury, while Manchester United teammate Luke Shaw is not fully fit and would be a risk to immediately throw in at left-back.<\/p>\n<p>That means that England could start with Kieran Trippier playing on the left, alongside Manchester City duo Kyle Walker and John Stones and Crystal Palace\u2019s Marc Guehi, who appears to be the obvious successor to Maguire.<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold is favourite to start England\u2019s opening Euro 2024 game against Serbia alongside Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham, according to reports. 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