Why Kobbie Mainoo is a genuine contender to follow in Marcus Rashford’s footsteps and earn a spot at the Euros

That Mainoo might start at the Euros, then, is clearly a long-shot, and so it comes down to considering where he may fit in as a squad player. England have famously ceded control of midfield late on in several of their most painful tournament defeats, and Mainoo’s calmness would certainly offer a different solution in that regard to the more dynamic influence of, say, Conor Gallagher or the experience of Jordan Henderson. But is sending a teenager, as yet uncapped, into that kind of situation really Southgate’s style?