Apart from Kane and Rice are there any potential England players in genuinely good form at the moment? None of the much vaunted number 10s or wide players seem to be.
Jordan Pickford has been excellent for Everton recently. The same with Nico O’Reilly at Manchester City. Harry Maguire and Kobbie Mainoo have done well for United. It’s not all doom and gloom.
But it does seem like the forward players are struggling a bit. Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Morgan Rogers … all below their usual standards at the moment. Bukayo Saka’s doing OK for Arsenal?
Raphinha will miss Barcelona’s Champions League quarter-final tie with Atlético Madrid early next month after suffering a hamstring injury on international duty in the United States with Brazil.
The 29-year-old, who has scored 19 goals in all competitions for Barcelona this season, picked up the injury on Thursday in Brazil’s 2-1 defeat by France in Foxborough.
