Gareth Southgate has told Manchester United stars Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford that they must shine under Erik ten Hag to revive their World Cup dreams.
Sancho and Rashford have both been omitted from the England squad for the upcoming Nations League games. Over the space of 10 days the Three Lions will take on Hungary twice, Germany and their Euro 2020 opponents Italy.
They do so without Sancho and Rashford after they paid the price for patchy club form. Having painfully missed penalties during the Euro 2020 showpiece last summer, Sancho has only played 73 minutes for England and Rashford has not appeared since that devastating defeat.
It means the pair face a huge challenge to make it into the final group for Qatar. READ MORE: England forward Jadon Sancho names his favoured Manchester United position Beyond this international break, Southgate and his Three Lions will only get together one more time (in September) before turning their attention to Qatar.
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