Wayne Rooney names the England participant he’d have dropped to incorporate Jack Grealish in Euro 2024 squad

Wayne Rooney believes Jack Grealish ought to have made the England squad for Euro 2024 and has named the participant he’d have left at dwelling as a substitute of the Man Metropolis man

Grealish was one of many shock omissions as Gareth Southgate confirmed his closing 26-man squad for the match final week.

The 28-year-old endured a troublesome marketing campaign with Metropolis, seeing himself fall out of Pep Guardiola’s common XI and beginning simply 10 Premier league matches.

The likes of Cole Palmer, Eberechi Eze and Jarrod Bowen have been included as a substitute of Grealish after extra spectacular campaigns.

Nonetheless, Rooney thinks Southgate ought to have discovered house for the attacking midfielder and named the person he ought to have changed.

Grealish was ignored of Gareth Southgate’s closing 26-man squad for the Euros final week

Rooney mentioned on The Overlap: ‘Grealish, I might have taken him. Bowen on the correct, they’ve Saka, Cole Palmer, Foden may play on the market. I might have taken Grealish as a substitute of Bowen.’

Bowen contributed 20 targets and 10 assists in all competitions for West Ham final season

In the meantime, Grealish managed simply three targets and three assists final season.

Talking on the gamers who have been ignored, Southgate mentioned: ‘all of the gamers took the information actually respectfully.  In fact, all gamers will assume they need to be in and that is why they’re prime gamers.

Southgate says he rewarded gamers who performed effectively all through the final season 

Jarrod Bowen scored 20 targets for West Ham throughout all competitions final season 

‘They’ve that self-belief and mindset, however the reality is we have now some gamers who’ve been enjoying extraordinarily effectively within the league all season.

‘We simply felt different gamers had stronger seasons significantly within the final six months or so.’