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Andros Townsend names his England starting XI for the first game of the World Cup... as the Everton winger reveals he'd pick Harry Maguire and Jude Bellingham but would LEAVE OUT Mason Mount and Trent Alexander-Arnold

Andros Townsend has revealed who he would pick for England's first game of the upcoming World Cup, and he has admitted that Gareth Southgate has some tough calls to make.

The tournament is due to get underway in exactly two months with hosts Qatar taking on Ecuador. England will then begin their campaign the following day against Iran before facing the United States and Wales in their other Group B fixtures.

Townsend was put on the spot by talkSPORT on Tuesday morning as he was asked who he would select for England's first match if he was in charge.