Author: Sports Reporter

The 24 starts in La Liga are at a higher standard than that of the Championship arrivals, with appearances in the Spanish 3rd tier for the Barcelona B side.

Richards started and played 90 minutes in Gregg Berhalter’s backline as the USMNT played out a 1-1 draw with Brazil – currently ranked fifth in the world – in their final pre-Copa America friendly

While Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton was an unused substitute in England’s 1-0 loss against Iceland at Wembley on Friday, his former Blackburn Rovers teammate Arnor Sigurdsson did get onto the pitch, coming on as an 83rd minute sub.

Henderson, along with fellow Eagles Ebere Eze, Adam Wharton and Marc Guehi, had been named in Southgate’s initial 33-man training squad last month and after their final training camp together.

Guehi was named in the final cut of 26 players for the tournament in Germany and could not be happier.

Eze was named in Gareth Southgate’s England training squad of 33 players ahead of the European Championships in Germany in June and July and went on to make his first start for the senior national team in a 3-0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Monday in Newcastle.

Smith was there to support his former captain and now friend, Southgate as he looks to fine-tune his side ahead of the summer European Championship.

Eze was returning to England action for the first time since September 2023 after injury had curtailed his national team run and Smith was full of praise for the former QPR man.

Fast-forward 33 years and on Monday night in Newcastle, England manager – and former Palace player himself – Gareth Southgate named four Eagles on his team sheet for their friendly clash against Bosnia and Herzegovina, the penultimate game before the European Championships this summer.

Crystal Palace and England defender Marc Guéhi had nothing but praise for Adam Wharton after the midfielder made his full debut for the senior national side on Monday night.