18-06-2024 09:00 via theguardian.com

Like a modern John Barnes, Foden is at risk of being England’s conundrum | Jacob Steinberg

Manchester City forward is the best attacking player in England but is yet to find his best form for the national sideHistory repeats itself. Twenty years since Sven-Göran Eriksson nudged Paul Scholes to the left flank to make space for Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard in the middle, conditions are ripe for furious arguments about another creative talent being wasted in a team lacking balance, all because narrative has it that England’s coach is shoving square pegs in r
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