On March 17, Beijing time, the latest roster of the England national team was announced, which quickly triggered a discussion among many fans, especially those of Manchester United. In this squad, Manchester United's twin stars Sancho and Rashford both lost the national team match, while Luke Shaw and Maguire in the back line were given the opportunity to play. It is precisely because of this choice problem that many fans have questioned Southgate's selection strategy, after all, Maguire has made many fatal mistakes this season, not only in the league, but also in the most important Champions League, there have been many mistakes, resulting in the team not reaching the quarterfinals.
This list actually includes England players who are currently playing well in the Premier League, such as Arnold, Rees James, Stones, Bellingham in midfield, Mount, Sterling in the front, Saka and so on, which is actually very convincing overall. Even Maguire's selection is actually a trace, not a choice that Southgate made at will. First of all, the next two games are not very important, just two friendly matches, namely against Switzerland and Côte d'Ivoire, the main purpose of these two games is more to examine the players and run-in teams. Secondly, it is precisely because the victory or defeat of these two games is not so important that it is necessary to test the real strength of Maguire as soon as possible, otherwise it will be too late to wait for the World Cup.
Although in the current Manchester United squad, Maguire's performance is indeed very poor, but in the club, with the change of teammates, perhaps the situation will change differently. Moreover, as the main player of the England national team for a long time in the past, Maguire still deserves a chance from Southgate, and perhaps with more protection from midfield, Maguire can cover up his shortcomings in speed and turn to the greatest extent, and stimulate his advantages in physical confrontation and high-altitude ball control. If these two points can be done well, it will only prove that Manchester United did not use Maguire well.
In addition to this, it is also very crucial that at present, no player in Manchester United's forward line has been selected into the England national team's squad, which is not common. For a long time in the past, several England youngsters in the Manchester United forward line will be selected for the England national team from Rashford to Sancho to Greenwood and even Lingard, but this time the big list, there is no United attacker. If Greenwood blames himself and is difficult to appear in the public eye, and Jesse Lingard has limited playing time this season and has not been able to gain the trust of the manager, Sancho and Rashford's problems are more serious.
As a very key player in the Manchester United front, in fact, Sancho and Rashford have not played well this season, especially Rashford's state in recent games is very noteworthy, his current problem is not a problem of ability, but an imbalance in mentality, not only has no desire to win, but even affects his teammates. In this state, the England front line has Foden, Saka, Sterling and other attackers, and there is no need to recruit a player who is not on the pitch. Another point is that Manchester United's poor record and form have also directly affected the selection of Manchester United players into the national team.