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21st June 2018
11:19am BST

"All rely on their movement and pace rather than ability to open up defences with a cute pass. It makes Sterling's inclusion slightly illogical.
"Lingard and Alli are playing the roles of Kevin De Bruyne and David Silva at Manchester City - what is now described as a 'false 8' - but with different skill sets. It is a central midfield position but more attacking than conventional.
"For City, Sterling has been most effective starting out wide and drifting in within Pep Guardiola's 4-3-3 - he is more comfortable picking up possession when facing goal rather than with the defender at his back.
"There is no doubt he is capable of doing a job, but if there are long periods when Sterling is a striker surely it makes more sense to use Rashford or Jamie Vardy?"
It would appear that Southgate, who dislocated his shoulder while out on a run on Wednesday afternoon, agrees with Carragher because his notes from training on Thursday morning would suggest that Sterling is set to miss out on a starting place for England's clash with Panama at the weekend.
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If Southgate's notes, which were snapped by the Daily Mirror, are to be believed then Sterling will be replaced by Ruben Loftus-Cheek for Sunday's game.
Rashford is expected to start the match in support of main striker Harry Kane while Dele Alli is unlikely to feature after picking up a thigh injury in the win over Tunisia.Explore more on these topics: