Southgate's selection has never been a surprise, but in this round of the English army list, there is a strange new face, he is the protagonist of this article, crystal palace defender Marc Guéhi .
The 21-year-old Mark Gei debuted in Chelsea's academy and joined Chelsea's youth system at the age of seven, not "only after becoming famous" as the famous Jamie Carragher put it. At the Blues, Mark Gei has grown steadily and was one of the main members of England's 2017 Championship win. In 2019, he won his first team start under "Youth Control" manager Frank Lampard and played well in the League Cup against Grimsby Town, where he played well. Later, in the League Cup against Manchester United, Mark Gei also got a start, playing his famous game, and thus gained the attention of Championship side Swansea City, and offered the Blues an offer to borrow it in the middle of the season.
In January 2020, Mark Gei went on loan to Swansea City for a quarter-and-a-half period, when Chelsea also recycled Connaught Gallagher from Charlton and borrowed it to Swansea City. Of course, Connor Gallagher's performance at Swansea City was even more impressive, contributing goals and assists as a main player in the first half of the season, leading the way to the promotion play-offs. But Mark Gei's performance is also not disrespectful, just not as shiny as Connor Gallagher. In the following season, when Connor Gallagher was loaned by Premier League side West Bromwich Albion, Mark Guey remained in Swansea City, but he still delivered outstanding performances in Swansea City, playing 45 games in the whole season, and the leader once again reached the promotion play-offs, but unfortunately the team still hated in the final.
Last summer, many fans were optimistic that he would be given the opportunity to play in the Blues first team, or be loaned to another Premier League team. However, Crystal Palace unexpectedly took him under the umbrella for a high price of 20 million pounds; at the same time, Crystal Palace also signed michael Aolis, Connor Gallagher and other young talents, and the team played a new atmosphere under the leadership of Vieira.
Mark Gei is also one of the best performers, he has excellent air superiority, in the offensive and defensive battles of the clearance of the ball, the defensive end is not a big problem. His physical fitness and confrontation ability are also quite strong, even in the face of fast horses such as Manchester City Mahrez, Phil Foden and other fast horses, so that the team can remain unbeaten in two rounds against the Blue Moon, achieving a good result of one win and one draw. In this season, Mark Gei has played 32 games for the team, scoring three goals, in addition to defending, he can also be the team's breakthrough trick in the air supremacy of set-pieces.
The young British man's valuation has risen from 10 million euros at the beginning of the season to 22 million euros now; it can be seen that the vision of the archway is really quite good. The youngsters who were hand-pulled by Lampard and given a chance to play first or to the top, whether they stay in the team or not, are almost all able to achieve success; Tariq Lampouti of Brighton, Armando Broa of Southampton, Mason Mount, Reece James, Billy Gilmore of Norwich, Tammy Abraham of Rome, and Fikayo Tomori of Milan have all played in their respective teams, I believe that seeing the growth and progress of this class of yellow-haired boys also makes Lampard "old and comforting".