Gareth Southgate will announce his squad for England’s World Cup qualifiers on Friday.
According to David Anderson of The Mirror, Patrick Bamford has a strong chance of earning a first England call-up, but Luke Ayling is likely to miss out.
Ayling has been really impressive this season at right-back. There were suggestions that he could get a national team call-up this month, but Anderson claims the 29-year-old won’t be considered.
That doesn’t mean Southgate feels negative about him. In fact, Anderson claims that the England boss is really impressed by him, and he is ‘on his radar.