Gareth Southgate could spring a surprise by starting Jadon Sancho instead of Bukayo Saka for England in the Euro 2020 final against Italy.
That is the view of former England defender Gary Neville, who believes the spot on the right wing that was filled by Saka in the semi-final win over Denmark is the only position up for grabs.
Neville would have been tempted to play Marcus Rashford if the Manchester United forward had been in better form.
Instead he believes another soon-to-be United player Sancho, who started the quarter-final against Ukraine in Saka s absence, could be the man who gets the nod if 19-year-old is indeed left out.
Saka has had an impressive tournament for England and Neville acknowledges it could be an unpopular decision.
He feels it would be easier for Southgate to pick an unchanged side and then take Saka off in the second half as he did in the extra-time triumph in the last four.
The Arsenal youngster has been put forward for many press interviews prior to the Italy clash, but Neville thinks that could be a red herring.
There is only one possible change and that s Saka, he said to ITV Sport.
I know that would possibly be an unpopular thing to say.
He may say [to Saka] go for 60 minutes and we ll get you off which he s done before he may say that and go with the same team.
But I just wonder whether he might bring someone else in.
Actually putting him up for interviews before the final makes me think he might not be playing.
If Rashford was in form I d go Rashford-Sterling just to get in behind [Giorgio] Chiellini and [Leonardo] Bonucci but Rashford hasn t been in the greatest of form.
I would think it would be Sancho if Saka doesn t play.
I think you have to play two of the quicker ones, so it would be Saka, Sancho or Rashford with Sterling on the other side.
Phil Foden missed training on Saturday with a knock and the Manchester City star is the only injury doubt for England.
While he called the development a blow , Neville believes England can cope due to their strength in depth, particularly in the attacking positions.
He told Sky Sports: It would be a blow for Phil Foden personally and for the team because he is an important part of those six or seven forward players that we have that float around Harry Kane.
One of the great strengths in this tournament is that you can start Bukayo Saka and Raheem Sterling and bring on Jack Grealish or Jadon Sancho or Phil Foden and not really drop in quality that much.
We have got an exceptional amount of talent in those positions.
We are better in the latter half of games, the danger against Italy is that if we do start badly in that first half an hour then the Italians will punish us more than Denmark did.
You don’t want to be behind to a team with the defensive record that they have.
It s important that Foden is fit for him personally but if not then an injury is an injury, it s important that we have a lot of players who are fit in those positions going into the last 20 minutes of games which has become critical for us.
