OLLIE WATKINS and Ivan Toney have been tasked with pretending to be Serbia in preparation for England’s opening sport of Euro 2024.
The Three Lions narrowly beat Serbia 1-0 on Sunday with Jude Bellingham heading within the winner.
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Gareth Southgate was characteristically pragmatic all through the 90 minutes, along with his three substitutions all like for like replacements.
That meant there was no likelihood for Watkins or Toney to become involved, with Kane stored on for the period.
The strikers will seemingly wrestle to get a glance in due to Kane’s presence, and up to now in Germany they’ve been tasked with testing out the England defence.
Each stars needed to fake to be Serbia within the days main as much as the conflict, and neither has performed subsequent to Kane in a supporting position.
Requested if that they had performed alongside the England captain in coaching, Aston Villa star Watkins replied: “No, we haven’t.
“We’ve achieved quite a lot of tactical stuff, but it surely’s usually me and Ivan pretending to be Serbia.
“We weren’t too unhealthy! Ivan makes Mitrovic and I used to be Vlahovic.”
Watkins and Toney each featured within the warm-up matches, with Watkins beginning within the win over Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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And Watkins feels he may work effectively alongside Kane, just like how Son Heung-min linked with the striker once they performed for Tottenham collectively.
He added: “I wish to play with H, as a result of he drops in deep. He can play the No 10 position and he picks up quite a lot of passes.
“I really feel it could be just like when he was at Tottenham and choosing the balls up and enjoying it via to Son. However I do know we’re blessed with quite a lot of expertise within the No 10 position.”
