England are due to take on Greece and Ireland in a UEFA Nations League double-header, but a number of squad members have dropped out of Lee Carsley’s final squad
Harry Kane has launched a blistering attack on England’s drop outs – and accused them of “taking advantage.”
England interim boss Lee Carsley has seen a staggering EIGHT players pull out through injury ahead of their Nations League double header with Greece and Republic of Ireland.
Manchester City duo Jack Grealish and Phil Foden, Liverpool full back Trent Alexander-Arnold, Chelsea stars Levi Colwill and Cole Palmer, Southampton keeper Aaron Ramsdale and Arsenal pair Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka all pulled out on Monday.
But Kane insisted that would not have happened under Gareth Southgate because he changed the culture of representing England and he refused to accept players pulling out. England captain Kane did not hold back as he insisted representing his country is “the most important thing” and admits it has already “started to drift.”
England’s new boss Thomas Tuchel does not take over until January 1 and a raft of big names have cried off sick and are blaming the demanding fixture list at this part of the season. But Kane, who will captain England for their Nations League clash in Greece, told ITV: “I think England comes before anything. It comes before club and it is the most important thing you play as a professional footballer.
“Gareth was on hot on that and he wasn’t afraid and he wasn’t afraid to make decisions if that started to drift from certain players.
“It’s a shame this week obviously. Yeah, I think it’s a tough period of the season and maybe that’s been taken advantage of a little bit.
“I don’t really like it if I’m totally honest. I think as I just said there England comes before before anything, any club situation.
“The joy to play for England. I think Gareth brought that back. Every camp, people were excited to come, every camp people wanted to play for England and, yeah, that’s the most important thing.”
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