Gareth Southgate’s provisional squad for the finals of Euro 2024 is one so loaded with attacking talent and creativity, even the England manager himself may not have dreamed of it as recently as a year ago.
Phil Foden is the player of the year in the Premier League. Jude Bellingham may be a Champions League winner with Real Madrid a week on Saturday. Harry Kane has scored so many goals for Bayern Munich that he threatened to break all Bundesliga records. And then there are the newbies and the outliers.