Former striker Gabby Agbonlahor has urged Gareth Southgate to proceed with warning when choosing England’s World Cup backup striker.
Southgate is about to call his last 26-man squad on Thursday at 2 p.m however there are nonetheless a number of spots up for grabs.
Though Tottenham Hotspur’s Harry Kane is nailed on to steer the Three Lions’ line, Southgate will after all need different attacking choices.
Manchester United’s Marcus Rashford is a candidate to make the ultimate lower, though it stays unknown if Southgate views him as an out-and-out striker or as a wide-attacker.
Different putting choices embrace Brentford’s Ivan Toney and Newcastle United’s Callum Wilson, and with regards to deciding between the 2, Agbonlahor believes the Bees’ hitman needs to be the popular choice.
“It is extremely troublesome to say that he [Wilson] deserves it,” Agbonlahor instructed Football Insider.
“It’s a must to go off the entire season. Ivan Toney has been in excellent kind. He has been scoring nice objectives.
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“Wilson is an excellent striker however will his accidents be a problem? Maybe Gareth Southgate will have a look at it and suppose his harm document is just too dangerous. All of these items come right into a supervisor’s pondering.
“[Marcus] Rashford is on kind, will he go as a striker versus a winger? There are just a few strikers battling for that backup spot.
“Wilson is probably the most much like Kane. He’s a finisher. He isn’t essentially one that may maintain the ball up or win headers.
“Wilson wants to point out that additional bit earlier than the World Cup, I believe. If I used to be to decide on, I’d go for Ivan Toney. I believe he’s extra bodily. You additionally should have in mind the truth that he’s taking part in for a worse group.”
In the case of deciding between each gamers, it wouldn’t be a shock to see Southgate decide both. They’re each taking part in rather well and are arguably their group’s most in-form attackers.
That is the place Southgate will earn his cash although. Making an attempt to slender down so many gamers into simply 26 goes to be an actual process and with no time left to impress, gamers will know that every one they’ll do now’s wait and hold all the pieces crossed that they’ll be granted a spot on England’s aircraft to Qatar.
