Kobbie Mainoo is 始める，決める to be 抑えるのをやめるd against Belgium - and the Man 部隊d 星／主役にする, 18, could be the perfect 失敗させる／負かす for Declan Rice and Jude Bellingham in a midfield England fans will be desperate to see at Euro 2024

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Gareth Southgate is a man spoilt for choices when it comes to team 選択.?

妨げる／法廷，弁護士業 Luis Enrique and Didier Deschamps, arguably 非，不，無 of his European 相当するものs can 誇る the same 当惑 of riches in the middle of the park.

It is 同時に why England will 長，率いる to Germany as one of the teams to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 in the Euros this summer and why Southgate 認める earlier this month midfield was the area of the field that was hardest to balance.

The 出現 of Kobbie Mainoo may go a long way in restocking the one cupboard that has been often 比較して 明らかにする?during Southgate's 任期.

The Manchester 部隊d midfielder made his England debut in the 1-0 loss to Brazil at Wembley on Saturday and is 始める，決める to be 手渡すd his first start against Belgium on Tuesday night.

Kobbie Mainoo is in line to make his first England start against Belgium on Tuesday night

The 18-year-old made his Three Lions debut against Brazil on Saturday at Wembley

Southgate received his first 上級の England call-up last week and was 現在のd with his cap by Gareth Southgate on Sunday

After 取って代わるing Conor Gallagher late in the second half, the Stockport-born 十代の少年少女 完全にするd 100 パーセント of his 18 passes in an 注目する，もくろむ-catching cameo.

Playing その上の upfield from Declan Rice, the 十代の少年少女 played with the 宙に浮く and 静める of a man 10 years his 上級の.

It was a familiar sight to anyone who has watched him for 部隊d this season, where he has brought a degree of 支配（する）／統制する to a team with an almost chronic penchant for frenetic football.

Take the 勝利者 against Wolves for example. With 部隊d 激しく揺するd by 譲歩するing a last minute equaliser, Mainoo 簡単に slalomed past three defenders before slotting the ball in the 底（に届く） corner.

Against Luton two weeks later, it was telling to see the 18-year-old speak at length to five-time 支持する／優勝者s League 勝利者 Casemiro after the Brazilian twice 危険d 存在 sent off with wild 肺s while on a yellow card.

Mainoo's 宙に浮く could be the ideal 失敗させる／負かす for Rice, who と一緒に Jude Bellingham is England's only 確かな starter in midfield.

Kalvin Phillips played と一緒に Rice during England's run to the Euro 2020 final, with Jordan Henderson （軍隊を）展開する，配備するd と一緒に the 兵器庫 midfielder and Bellingham at the two World Cup two years later.

Phillips and Henderson have been two of Southgate's most 信用d 中尉／大尉／警部補s during his 任期 at Wembley and his unwavering 忠義 to the pair has often been questioned.

Declan Rice is a 保証（人）d starter in midfielder for England at the Euros?

Jude Bellingham is also 保証（人）d a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the starting XI this summer?

Conor Gallagher slotted in と一緒に Rice against Brazil but his 役割 remains in 疑問

As it stands, however, neither may be in Germany come the summer. Henderson has 急落するd 負かす／撃墜する the つつく／ペックing order に引き続いて an ill-運命／宿命d move to Saudi Arabia and a hitherto 類似して underwhelming （一定の）期間 with Ajax.

Phillips, 一方／合間, is 支払う／賃金ing the price for a so far 悲惨な 貸付金 at West Ham.

The 28-year-old left Manchester City for some much-needed first team 適切な時期s in January, but has looked a 影をつくる／尾行する of the player Southgate so often relied upon over the past four years.

Their demise has thrusted Gallagher into filling the vacancy と一緒に Rice. But while the Chelsea midfielder is a willing 走者, England can often look 不均衡d when he plays と一緒に his 兵器庫 相当するもの.

Mainoo's natural game seems to 広げる at half the pace of Gallagher's high-energy approach, which is 正確に／まさに what Southgate may need the most come the summer.

The 部隊d starlet is economical in his movement and in his touches, but marries that with a superb vison, sense of positioning and spatial 認識／意識性.

'A s we thought, He’s fitted in brilliantly,' was Southgate's 判決 on Mainoo after his cameo against Brazil.?

Southgate 認める finding the 権利 balance in midfield is his biggest challenge

Jordan Henderson (left) has fallen 負かす／撃墜する the つつく／ペックing order after leaving Liverpool, while?Kalvin Phillips (権利) was dropped に引き続いて a dismal start to his West Ham 貸付金

'His level of training has been excellent ― we won’t hesitate to put him on the pitch.'

Southgate is 悪名高くも 気が進まない to 屈服する to 外部の 圧力 when it comes to team 選択, but the clamour surrounding Mainoo will surely grow louder if he were to impress against Belgium.

Of course, it is 価値（がある） remembering Tuesday night will be only his 25th game of 上級の professional football and that 十代の少年少女s stamping their 当局 on major tournaments remain few and far between.

At the same time, turning Mainoo into a 正規の／正選手 starter so 早期に into his professional career would be as bold a call as any Southgate has made since taking the 職業.

After all, as Sir Matt Busby famously 布告するd, 'if they are good enough, they are old enough.'?