Ian Ladyman

IAN LADYMAN IN ATHENS: Despite the competition for places, the 23-year-old already carries the look of a developing footballer no right-minded national coach would wish to be without.

To demonise Klopp now for the misery Coote has inflicted upon himself is wrong. As the days pass and we learn more about the issues that appear to have plagued Coote our sympathy for him grows.

IAN LADYMAN IN ATHENS: They came hoping to see a callow England team lie down. Instead this proved to be the reawakening of Lee Carsley 's spell as interim manager.

IAN LADYMAN: According to Lee Carsley, Harry Kane wasn't dropped for the game against Greece. Somebody else was just given an opportunity instead.

After the disappointment of Euro 2024 and the lessons taken from Lee Carsley 's six-game spell as interim boss, Mail Sport looks at Thomas Tuchel's in-tray.

IAN LADYMAN: Another year or two of Pep Guardiola , the most influential coach of the modern era. There is everything to like about that.

IAN LADYMAN: Colin Rosler was born in Berlin to a German father and Norwegian mother. He is a 24-year-old defender with Malmo in Sweden. He is the son of the former Man City striker Uwe Rosler.

IAN LADYMAN: It dawned recently on Winks that it had been worth it, that the decisions taken to move sideways and backwards with the hope of one day moving forwards again had been the right ones.

By NATHAN SALT and IAN LADYMAN AT CARRINGTON and CHRIS WHEELER AT CARRINGTON Published: | Updated: Advertisement

IAN LADYMAN: It is always surprising how bleak the Carrington Training Centre can feel from the outside. The antithesis of what traditionally lay within the grounds.