Euro 2020: Alexander-Arnold in 33-man provisional England squad as manager Gareth Southgate plays for time

The June 11-July 11 championship is being held across Europe, with semi-finals and final at London’s Wembley Stadium as well as some group stage games. The delay in naming a final squad gives Southgate time to factor in those still playing European club matches, but also opened a guessing game about which seven would be dropped.

Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold earned a recall in a 33-man provisional England squad for Euro 2020 on Tuesday (May 25) as manager Gareth Southgate played for time before whittling the numbers down. The right-back was dropped in March for World Cup qualifiers but he made the cut in a squad that will be reduced to 26 players ahead of a June 1 UEFA deadline. The June 11-July 11 championship is being held across Europe, with semi-finals and final at London’s Wembley Stadium as well as some group stage games. The delay in naming a final squad gives Southgate time to factor in those still playing European club matches, but also opened a guessing game about which seven would be dropped. “I think our situation is more complicated than any other country at the moment,” the manager told a news conference. “We’ve got... 12 players still to play in the European finals this week so we were always going to need some additional players for the first part of our camp. We felt more time is going to help us to make better decisions. I’ve always said my preference would be to name the squad as a clean 26... but we have not got an ideal hand of cards this time.”