I think the
was probably referring to his mental health struggles and maybe his struggle to get fully fit again. It’s a hard one because if he goes and is on the bench the whole time at least he still gets the experience with his friends/teammates, but at the same time it must be soul destroying to not ever be involved so maybe it’s better that he doesn’t go?
I’m not sure what he will do about Trent, any other manager and he would be one of the first names on the team sheet but this is Southgate we are talking about. The amount of backlash he’s getting might mean he calls him up, the same happened with the euros when everyone thought he wasn’t going to pick him but he did.