Manchester City youngster Rico Lewis is in line to start for England against Finland at Wembley.
The 19-year-old full-back is hopeful of getting the nod to make only his second senior appearance in the UEFA Nations League clash, coming in for Chelsea star Levi Colwill – who started Saturday’s 2-0 win over Republic of Ireland.
Interim head coach Lee Carsley is pondering two other changes to his defence; with centre-backs John Stones and Ezri Konsa in line to start the game ahead of Marc Guehi and Harry Maguire, who played in Dublin.
Carsley has acknowledged he will make changes to the team that defeated Ireland over the weekend as he looks to manage his players’ fitness.
‘We have to be realistic that the players that didn’t have a lot of time off in the summer, came back having maybe not played as many minutes, to expect them just to go into, especially, a game in Dublin at the tempo that we thought it would be and the physicality.
Manchester City youngster Rico Lewis is in line to start for England against Finland at Wembley
Three Lions boss Lee Carsley is expected to hand Lewis (right) just his second England appearance
‘I didn’t want to put them in a position where if they didn’t do well, you could almost see what they didn’t do well.
‘It just gave us a chance to do a bit more work with them during the week and then put them in a position… and there’s maybe four or five that needed that extra work and that extra day’s training which will hopefully help them.’
England predicted XI: (4231): Pickford; Trent; Stones, Konsa, Lewis; Gomes, Rice; Saka, Grealish, Gordon; Kane
