Kind of irrelevant when he’s almost guaranteed to be out injured next summer anyway.

I mean the guy was injured would be stupid to play him so soon

Southgate is a joke. England will never win anything with coaches like him.

Whats wrong with this? Its upto Reece James to not go with his NT but Gary Southgate also has right to not select/prefer James on main XI in future if he has no play time with current crop of England players.

Yes Gareth, it’s a complete mystery why a player only recently returning from injury would want to take time to return to full fitness instead of risking injury again by playing against checks notes Malta…