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Gareth Southgate reveals Jesse Lingard is in line to start for England against Austria despite having been left out of Euro 2020 squad while others who have been omitted such as James Ward-Prowse and Ollie Watkins could also be involved

Gareth Southgate revealed that Jesse Lingard is set to start for England in Wednesday's friendly against Austria despite having been left out of the final squad for Euro 2020.

Lingard, who impressed on loan at West Ham from Manchester United in the second half of the season, was one of seven players from the initial 33-man squad who didn't make the cut, with James Ward-Prowse, Ollie Watkins, Aaron Ramsdale, Ben Godfrey, Ben White and the injured Mason Greenwood also missing out.

Southgate praised the work ethic that the aforementioned players demonstrated in training and disclosed that some of them could feature against Austria at Middlesbrough.