Why Grealish And Maddison Was Left Out Of England’s Euros Squad – Gareth Southgate

England coach, Gareth Southgate announced his official England squad for Euro 2024 on Thursday evening with the notable omissions of Jack Grealish and James Maddison, who were both left out of the final squad.

The three lions boss named a 33-player provisional squad for two warm-up matches against Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland knowing that he would need to cut seven players ahead of the tournament in Germany.

Along with Maddison and Grealish, Harry Maguire will play no part in the tournament because of injury, so will goalkeeper James Trafford, defenders Jarell Quansah and Jarrad Branthwaite and midfielder Curtis Jones.

Addressing the squad announcement at a press conference, Southgate said the reason Grealish and Maddison had not made the final squad was because other players had better seasons.

In his words

“All the players took the news really respectfully,” said Southgate, “Of course, all players will believe they should be in and that’s why they are top players.

“They have that self-belief and mindset, but the fact is we have some players who have been playing extremely well all season in the league.

“We just feel other players had stronger seasons, particularly in the last six months or so. Attacking areas, in particular, we’re blessed with a lot of options, all slightly different.

“Madders and Jack both give us something different as well. They’ve been tough calls, calls that we as a group have gone over and over and over. We back our decisions, but recognise we could have gone a different route.”

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