Why Kobbie Mainoo ISN’T guaranteed a place in England’s Euro 2024 squad | ESPN FC 

People don’t appear to grasp that Mainoo, at 18, played against Brazil and Belgium and looked like he was 28. As farcical as the FIFA rankings are, Brazil is 4th and Belgium 5th in the world rankings. I don’t think people are truly grasping how natural and calm Mainoo looked at 18 against literally a couple of the best national teams in the world. England were not playing the likes of Armenia, New Zealand, or Guatemala. They were playing legitimate elite teams and Mainoo stood out big time. He was man of the match yesterday. How do you not bring a player who was literally voted man of the match?

You protect the boy by not letting him do interviews. Its not hard.

Why is this even a debate he's a natural born footballer who only come round every 50 years

I don't get even an air of arrogance from Mainoo. He's class through and through

the liverpool supporters ESPN can't believe Mainoo is playing with men aged 18 and their 20 year olds are playing for under 21s cry harder

Yes he will definitely play every single game if England has a good manager

I don't believe any teenagers in any national team should be dealing with media . Media should be for more senior players , let them do media .

Does anybody remember Paul Scholes doing loads of interviews? I could of sworn the Euro's was a football competition and not Parkinson.

The absolute waffle from these 3 is outstanding

Spain will bring a 16 year old yamal, brazil will bring endrik to the copa. If youre good enough your old enough. Kobbie proved that he can not only hang but be perform very well. Bring the young man!

mainoo deserves to be in the squad end of. one of england best midfielders available that gives them something no other player has

Yall are scared to say it so let me say it, Man United are bigger than England national team. Is a fact

ESPN needs better pundits

who on ESPN was responsible for that stupid grafic on Insta comparing Mainoo to Toni Kroos? 🤦🏻‍♂️

I’d go with Mainoo, Rice & Bellingham in there from now, Phillips is miles off the squad let alone the team, I’d personally leave Henderson at home & the likes of Conor Gallagher doesn’t do enough to start for England for me. Go with the 3 I said & build the team around those 3 & there is also Elliott & Scott who will be in the mix in a year or so.

After his first start for England it's not even a debate anymore. Mainoo is levels above anyone he is competing for a position against. The fact is before he came along the position he is now going to fill was a weak spot, and now its going to be another x-factor that makes it even more difficult to play against England.

This guys are proper knowledgeable guys. They’re not biased unlike those old clueless guys(Steve, Ale and Shaka).

Kobbie not doing interviews at 17 means he lacks character. God espn

I would've love to see England playing with Palmer & Mainoo

much better content from ESPN with this kind of settings and journalists than having a panel ranting on players of not their allegiances.

Pure quality

If he played for Liverpool - he'd be a ballon d'or candidate by now

Name another midfielder in his position for england you would rather at your club ahead of Mainoo??

Just keep him away from the cameras. That’s what the manager and captain are for. Let the lad just play football.

I think if Southgate doesn’t take him then they will lose. People often forget how bad Southgate was tactically at the World Cup, poor timing for subs and had players who could have made a difference on the bench (Rashford etc). Henderson would be great to have for experience but he’s rusty from high level competition and Southgate has to put his favouritism aside for players who are in form if he wants to lift trophies for England.

You guys are talking about Southgate asif it's Sir AF 😂😂😂

He's Unbelievable..He Reminds me of Pirlo who was one of the Greatest Midfielders Every.. He's only going to get Better..We are Lucky we have him. He never Panicks on the Ball . Incredible for he's Age...Plane ticket Booked..

Listen to this makes me feel sleepy 😴

Mainoo is mature for is age is got the potential to be a decent player is showing character

Mianoo is England's best midfielder

If Henderson or phillips start first game the tele is going off

Kane Toney Bellingham Rice foden Maino

Wow these 3 are a barrel of laughs, aren't they?

5:29 those players he mention, is the players england already has a bunch with the same type of players. grealish, maddison, toney, TAA. These players is similar with the likes of rashford, bellingham, mount, kane, watkins, wilson, rice, philips, henderson, etc etc while mainoo is a completely different type of player southgate never have, mainoo can play as 6, helping defense but at the same time playing box to box surging opposition defence as 8 and sometimes even as 10, when every ball goes through him, these type of versatility is what england squad still lacking. Not to mention how he's comfortable to play in a tight space using his quick feet and his low center of gravity to changing direction, open up spaces for himself or his teammates, he has potential to do what busquets, rodri did for their team. his 70 minutes against belgium should be an enough evidence to show what he capable of, some of england chances are came from his movement and passing

I just heard someone say Kobbie Mainoo is too shy and that's a problem for his England call up on social media. What a waste of my time

Why Mainoo will obviously be in the squad. -better than everyone else in the position -Cooked multiple midfields at 18 years old. Gallagher, phillip are dire.

He has to go , we’re talking about a player here who if wasn’t at United , you would probably have all the big clubs in Europe trying to buy him this summer

A proper english man,s name !

Unlike jude's confidence where he legitmately thinks he is the best MF in the world (probably is output wise) Mainoo oozes confidences in a different way more like trust me with the ball in tight zones

Mainoo should feature for England but I still think the midfield three of Gallagher, Rice and Jude is the right formula. I don't think Gallagher was that bad against Brazil. I'm thinking either Gordon or Bowen on the left and then Kane and Saka up top. Back four is a mess. I think it's Stones and Walker on the right but the left could be anyone. I think Foden is best as a 10 but Jude is just too good to not play there. Foden also on the wing just doesn't do enough in terms of work. Bowen and Gordon are both tireless. Henderson should be substituted for another player. Watkins should be dropped. Palmer should be given a chance on the left. I think England can win the tournament because Southgate is more willing to change and try new things compared to Deschamps who I truly don't understand how he has held onto that post for so long.

The shocking thing is they were debating even moving him up to the u-21s, and now there's a discussion of whether he should go to the euros or even start in the euros. No offense but england looks so disorganized and clueless lol That backline is the major worry. Shaw probably won't be fit and there's no good alternative. There's a bunch of great rightbacks but all are injured at the moment. CB is a disaster. Even when fit, I don't think their CBs are good enough. Case in point in Maguire - he has a mistake in him, he's slow, and he's one dimensional in that he's really only good at defending the box from crosses and blocking shots given his size. At utd he only really plays if there are injuries or if others ahead of him are in bad form.. but he starts for England? That is a massive problem lol. He has good mentality at times and sometimes displays good leadership but man if I was picking teams at utd he'd rarely get a game or be sold outright. There have been times where he seems either quicker to react or just flat out faster than he usually is not most of the time it's like watching slow motion in both his decision making when on the ball and his defending and reading of the game. The fact that Southgate needs more defensive minded midfielders to protect his slow and one dimensional defense just tells you how england need to play to have any success in the euros. Despite their depths and quality in certain positions, they dont have that defensive balance. What they needed to do is bring in as many young CBs as possible for training and friendlies and figure out a way to not need to rely on Maguire this summer. I'd also try and figure out which rightbacks can play leftback because they are stacked on one side yet threadbare on the other.

Henderson has never let him down? Give over

for a channel that hates England they sure do talk about them a lot

Who’s his competition. Ward prowse would’ve been the best option but southgate doesn’t rate him

cant believe what im hearing hes probably not even had alot of media training at that time he was worn into the first team for the first time , already they are creating a narrative abit him considering he hasn't ever been in front mainstream media at 18 for the first time.

Can we not platform people like Mark Ogden and Rob Dawson? Zero value add.

Captain Declan Rice, Mainoo an Bellingham , 3 will be exiting one to watch. come EURO

Joe Gomez should replace McGuire, he’s got pace to burn & having a great season. Him with stones gives that pace

Quanza is quick, but Southy refuses to drop his mate Maguire.

They don't have topics perhaps. If the coach is wise enough he can't hesitate to play kobbie all games. Some pundits I thank feel bad because at that age they weren't recognised at all 😂😂😂😂

Mark’s fealty to United is unappealing. I can’t wait until Southgate coaches that team.

That’s England problem right there with South Gate players can’t get in so easy. Once they’re in they don’t get out !!!

Is there anyone garaunteed a place?

Ogden is a CLOWN, anyways, excited to watch the video now

United are no longer an elite-level club that top players still want to play for. They last won the PL in 2013 and the Champions League in 2008. United couldn't beat England in a match. I first saw United play in 1967 and watched them play in the Second Diivision in the 1970s.

He's going to Ghana

Are we talking about football ability or speaking ability off the pitch?

Southgate will choose Charlie Adam before he takes Mainoo to the Euros

Say what you want but seeing players wanting the ball & having confidence is great. Let them play. Bellingham is Beckenbauer on steroids.Mainoo did what he did

ESPN will always bring negativity in everything concerning united, not surprised.

Oh. Rob and Mark are two person s

Because ESPN hires pundits who don't like Manchester united, that's why he isn't guaranteed a place in the England squad 😂😂😂

Espn are just click baits.. after bushing Ronaldo now its maino😂😂

Don't hype the kid up

Hope he doesn't go and rests up ready for USA tour in July

NegativESPN as always when it comes to United

Useless discussion

Playing culture or football?? Keep it up!

wth you guys talking bout bruuuuuhhh!!!!

Who cares if he doesnt want to do media? If he's performant on the field, i dont care if he goes straight into an underwater cave after matches.

If this is England attitude ....there not winning anything soon😂😂😂

bitter liverpool fan channel eh

sure fine, don't include him. And when England crashed out early, Southgate would be so screwed. Sure, send the boy home. I DARE YOU.

Worst punditry, good for sleeping though

Once Henderson returns Mainoo goes to the bench. Southgate will always play his good ole boys and leave real talent on the bench, thus is why an extremely talent filled England team will never win the Euros or World Cup under this fraud.

Of course he will be included. Ridiculous clickbait. Anyone who knows anything about football recognises what they are seeing.

This Mainoo hype is unreal ,the English media will work overtime to make him the next something. Just let the kid play his football in peace . and by the way England wont win anything no matter the coach.

I have a better chance and I am not even English

Maguire is the common denominator. Guehi should replace him.

The guy in white shirt is a waste of time!

These guys are on cheap grass.

Who??

England HATES players like Foden, Maino, Grealish types guess why? They prefer rigidity, conformity, lack of creativity. 21 year old Debruyne wouldn't make it here!