{"id":296996,"date":"2023-11-20T18:24:59","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296996"},"modified":"2023-11-20T18:24:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T18:24:59","slug":"southgate-can-call-upon-both-trent-and-bellingham-says-chris-sutton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/southgate-can-call-upon-both-trent-and-bellingham-says-chris-sutton\/","title":{"rendered":"Southgate CAN call upon both Trent and Bellingham, says Chris Sutton"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gareth Southgate CAN call upon both Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham in his England starting XI, Chris Sutton argues on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off &#8211; but Liverpool star must be tested in new midfield role against top sides<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Alexander-Arnold played a starring role for the Three Lions as No 10 vs Malta\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bellingham was forced to leave the camp as he continues to recover from injury<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Trent and Bellingham can play together but can&#8217;t get in each other\u2019s way &#8211; IAKO\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chris Sutton has argued\u00a0<span>on Mail Sport&#8217;s <\/span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off<span> podcast\u00a0<\/span>that Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham can play together in Gareth Southgate&#8217;s starting XI, but only if the Liverpool player can prove his worth in the position against top sides.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold distinguished himself for England against Malta on Friday during the side&#8217;s somewhat uninspiring 2-0 win against the European minnows, as Southgate opted to deploy the player further up the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old looked impressive as a playmaker for his international side, and earned himself the Player of the Match award in the contest at Wembley ahead of last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Southgate was unable to trial the player alongside England&#8217;s midfield superstar Bellingham, after the Real Madrid man left the camp as he continues to recover from a dislocated shoulder.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a blistering start to life in LaLiga &#8211; which has seen the 20-year-old score 13 in 14 appearances &#8211; Bellingham will likely play a key role in England&#8217;s quest for a major title at next year&#8217;s European championships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/16\/78027167-12771461-image-a-118_1700496734770.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Trent Alexander-Arnold&#8217;s new role for England in central midfield could see him play alongside Jude Bellingham at EURO 2024, but he&#8217;ll need to prove his worth against the very top outfits<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/16\/78027165-12771461-image-a-117_1700496731407.jpg\" height=\"419\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Real Madrid starlet is almost undroppable for Southgate, but had to leave camp with injury<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>But Mail Sport&#8217;s chief football editor Ian Ladyman wondered if it was possible to see both Bellingham and Alexander-Arnold feature alongside one another when both fit and firing &#8211; with Jordan Henderson and Kalvin Phillips both increasingly unlikely to make the starting XI in Germany next summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;That role Alexander-Arnold (has played for England) he&#8217;s part of the holding (midfield) but he&#8217;s absolutely at liberty to go forward as he did, and pass the ball well, and get involved &#8211; if he does that, when Jude &#8220;Hollywood&#8221; Bellingham is back in the team, does he risk getting in Bellingham&#8217;s way a little bit?&#8217; Ladyman questioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Should Bellingham be allowed to almost occupy that kind of No 10 area just (by) himself, because he&#8217;s so good, without someone else trying to get a bit of the action?&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sutton, however, made light work of Ladyman&#8217;s suggestion, with a rejoinder described as &#8216;withering&#8217; as he argued: &#8216;It&#8217;s not like under-10 football, where you have Johnny and Peter bumping into each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I think Trent understands the game well enough not to get in Jude Bellingham&#8217;s way.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair later discussed the importance of Alexander-Arnold being tested against bigger teams, with Ladyman noting: &#8216;Trent was brilliant against Malta on Friday. He was brilliant when England butchered North Macedonia at Old Trafford at the end of last season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fair play, he&#8217;s played really well in that position &#8211; he&#8217;s playing again, I believe (on Monday night) in centre-mid again in Skopje against North Macedonia. But he needs to be given the chance now to see if he can do it against a good side.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/16\/78026899-12771461-image-a-119_1700496739345.jpg\" height=\"442\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Liverpool player took home the Player of the Match award in England&#8217;s 2-0 win vs Malta<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/20\/16\/78027287-12771461-image-a-120_1700496761132.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold could unseat former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson (foreground)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;England have got two friendlies coming up before the Euros, Brazil and Belgium. To me, Trent has got to play centre-mid in those two games, because we&#8217;ve got to know.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Sutton agreed, calling Ladyman&#8217;s reasoning &#8216;absolutely spot-on&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Alexander-Arnold has been increasingly used in a hybrid role further up the pitch at club level as well as for his country, which has in part spurred Liverpool to a strong second place in the Premier League table after a fast start to their campaign.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After recording a 3-0 home victory against Brentford before the break, Jurgen Klopp&#8217;s side will be keen to kick on in arguably their greatest test thus far this season, which sees them travel to the Etihad to face Manchester City on Saturday afternoon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off\u00a0is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football, launching with a preview show today and every week this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube , Apple Music and Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2017\/08\/02\/636x90_facebook_ad_sport.png\" width=\"636\" height=\"90\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12771461\/Gareth-Southgate-Trent-Alexander-Arnold-Jude-Bellingham-England-starting-XI-argues-Chris-Sutton-Kicking-Liverpool-star-tested-new-midfield-role-against-sides.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth Southgate CAN call upon both Trent Alexander-Arnold and Jude Bellingham in his England starting XI, Chris Sutton argues on It&#8217;s All Kicking Off &#8211; 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