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It still seems a travesty, and a mystery known only to Thomas Tuchel, that Jordan Henderson was named in the last senior England squad and not Elliot Anderson. Henderson’s the past, and a respected performer for England on 84 occasions, but the uncapped Anderson is the future. And Tuchel is searching for a 6.

Elliot Anderson. Photo: Image Photo Agency/Getty Images.

To be fair to Tuchel, an exceptional head coach and respected blenders of teams, he might simply have been helping out Lee Carsley and his Under-21s in their defence of their Uefa title. But then Tuchel took James Trafford, a player Carsley could have used, for the June internationals, and didn’t play him. Who knows? Anyway, Anderson has come to the Under-21 Euros here and is nailed on for team of the tournament, if not player.

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