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Should Sancho and Grealish start ahead of out-of-sorts Rashford and Sterling, how to squeeze both Mount and Foden into the team and which of England's FOUR right-backs gets the nod? The big decisions Gareth Southgate is mulling over with Euro 2020 looming

Gareth Southgate's headache over his England squad selection has been replaced by an even more thumping one over his strongest line-up for Euro 2020.

We know the 26 players who will shoulder the nation's hopes this summer but deciding that could well prove to be the easy bit for the Three Lions boss.

As Southgate said after Tuesday evening's announcement, he wouldn't swap his squad of many talents for any other competing at the tournament.

Gareth Southgate has picked his 26-man squad for the European Championship - now the more difficult challenge comes from finding his strongest XI for the tournament

Gareth Southgate has picked his 26-man squad for the European Championship - now the more difficult challenge comes from finding his strongest XI for the tournament

The England squad are in Middlesbrough ahead of friendly matches against Austria on Wednesday and Romania on Sunday

ENGLAND'S 26-MAN EUROS SQUAD

GOALKEEPERS: Dean Henderson (Manchester United), Sam Johnstone (West Bromwich Albion), Jordan Pickford (Everton)

DEFENDERS: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Ben Chilwell (Chelsea), Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Reece James (Chelsea), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Tyrone Mings (Aston Villa), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Atletico Madrid), Kyle Walker (Manchester City)

MIDFIELDERS: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United), Declan Rice (West Ham United)

FORWARDS: Dominic Calvert-Lewin (Everton), Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Aston Villa), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City)

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So picking the right team for Croatia on Sunday week and the matches beyond that is no simple task.