Gabriele Marcotti

That is not the case with England right now.

Right now, you know, Esri Kansa is likely to start at centre-back for England.

If you have no other choices or you don't have choices that you trust, again, not the case with England because, you know, you look at Rhys James, you look at Tino Livramento, you look at... He has other options there.

I don't think he needs to...

I think people need to obsess over it.

Certainly, if I'd been there, I wouldn't have asked them, hey, why is Trent Alexander-Arnold not there?

As if I were Brazilian and asking about Neymar.

You know, we're talking about a guy who...

got other players in that role yeah sure if he gets back to where he was before fine and maybe Tuchel wants the option of adjusting the team to to suit Trent's skill set but you know you're seeing it around Madrid this season he's not at Liverpool anymore he has to carve out a new role reinvent himself and then maybe that's his pathway back into into the national team but right now

You know, it's not unfair, Tommy.

Go ahead, just say it.

It's not unfair having people who are more reliable than you and perform better than you.

That's not unfair.

That's just life.

Do you agree with the guys?

Yep, I sure do.

Frank, be honest, does France have any chance of winning the World Cup with Konate and Upamecano in the defence?

Can I just make a point about this?

Since we have a guy who played centre-back here at a rather high level, if you look around and you ask yourself what countries have rock-solid defensive pairings that we all feel really, really good about, it's not many.

Look at Spain's centre-backs.