England Archives: 10/2016

It’s looking more and more likely that Gareth Southgate will be promoted from interim England manager to full-time soon enough and Arsene Wenger thinks he’s the best man for the job.

Chris Sutton was less than impressed with Theo Walcott’s 62-minute performance for England during their 0-0 draw against Slovenia on Tuesday night.

Theo Walcott, Alexis Sanchez, Shkodran Mustafi and Mesut Ozil both got minutes for their respective countries on Tuesday evening, while Wojciech Szczesny, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Kieran Gibbs were unused substitutes.

Ainsley Maitland-Niles provided a brilliant assist for the England u20s on Monday against USA’s u20s.

Gareth Southgate’s team tinkering may have some long-term pluses for Arsenal.

Theo Walcott has looked like a different player this season when in an Arsenal shirt but he was unable to transfer that form into an impressive England performance, coming in as one of the lowest rated players from the side’s 2-0 win on Saturday.

Kieran Gibbs has been drafted into the England squad by Gareth Southgate after Ryan Bertrand was forced off during the Three Lions 2-0 win over Malta.

Theo Walcott will start for England as they face Malta in Gareth Southgate’s first match in charge as interim manager.

Robert Pires believes that although England need a manager like Arsene Wenger, so do Arsenal.

Calum Chambers, Rob Holding, Takuma Asano and Hector Bellerin have all featured for their respective countries during the interlul so far.

Ian Wright has admitted that he doesn’t want Arsene Wenger to take the England job for “selfish reasons”.

Let’s face it, if it was a domestic club courting Arsene Wenger as publicly as the English FA are currently doing, we’d all be going mental.

FA chief, Martin Glenn, claims that England doesn’t need an English manager amid claims that Arsene Wenger could take over at the end of the season.