England manager Gareth Southgate has been urged to sacrifice Phil Foden and Trent Alexander-Arnold if they stand any chance of winning the European Championship.
Foden has not been able to replicate his Manchester City form for the national side, while Alexander-Arnold's experiment in midfield has not gone to plan.
The Three Lions will have to wait until the final group game against Slovenia to secure their spot in the knockout round, but former England and Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher says two players need to be dropped.
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"The side selected for the Serbia and Denmark games looked good on paper. It is understandable that Southgate did what he did. I will not rewrite history and criticise it retrospectively. It was worth a try and he was justified in sticking with it for one more fixture. It was a new line-up and the players needed a second chance. The manager wanted to get as much class on the pitch as possible at the same time, and like many of us was drawn to the positives in the opening win in the hope the flaws would be ironed out.," Carragher said in his coloumn for the Telegraph.
"Unfortunately, two of the best Premier League footballers – Trent Alexander-Arnold and Phil Foden – will have to be sacrificed now. The team's set-up is not getting the best from them, or their team-mates.
"Introducing Alexander-Arnold into midfield in a major tournament was always a risk. It has not worked. The experiment ended with his early substitution against Denmark. It is a more physically demanding position than full-back, and, on the evidence so far, Alexander-Arnold has more time and space to utilise his passing range when he is in the hybrid role.
"He delivered the best pass of the game to Bukayo Saka just before he was subbed, but there is an irony that when he plays in his natural position, we see four or five of those in a game.
"Elsewhere in the side, nobody loves watching Foden more than me. But for England to come up with a system that works and complements everyone, he cannot operate in the starting XI with Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane if they are all trying to occupy the same space and positions."
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