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England’s number 10 dilemma as Phil Foden and Cole Palmer fight for their place

Phil Foden and Cole Palmer were once England’s brightest young creators. Now they’re fighting for the same place in Tuchel’s team, with Uruguay up first and a World Cup squad spot on the line.

25.03.26, 08:00 Updated 25.03.26, 00:36 7 Minute Read

Dave Kidd

Dave Kidd

So who’s going to pull the strings for England at No 10 against Uruguay on Friday night?

Will it be the sublimely-gifted Mancunian left-footer, nurtured with kid gloves by Pep Guardiola, who went into Euro 2024 in the form of his life, left Germany intensely frustrated, and currently looks a shadow of his former self?

Or will it be the sublimely-gifted Mancunian left-footer, nurtured with kid gloves by Pep Guardiola, who went into Euro 2024 in the form of his life, left Germany intensely frustrated, and currently looks a shadow of his former self?

Phil Foden and Cole Palmer have so much in common and, potentially, they have so much to offer England. Yet there is a feeling that neither player has ever turned up enough at international level – Foden, figuratively, and Palmer, literally.

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