Former Dutch international Jimmy Floyd-Hasselbaink believes England manager Gareth Southgate faces a ‘big, big call’ on Covid-exile Mason Mount ahead of England’s showdown with Germany.
Southgate is a big believer in Mount, starting him in England’s first two matches in Group D, but the midfield dynamo has been forced to train in isolation with Ben Chilwell, after the pair were deemed to be in close contact with Scotland’s Billy Gilmour, who tested positive for Covid.
And Hasselbaink, who starred for Leeds United and Chelsea as a player, fears that 10 days away from the group, with only non-contact training, is just too long ahead of the last 16-tie with the Germans at Wembley on Tuesday.