England national team manager Gareth Southgate insists that he has no problem with Mason Mount and Jack Grealish playing together on the national squad.
There have been rumours of rivalry between the two. However, Southgate squashed any such kind of rumours, stating that there is no issue pairing them together.
“Of course [they can play together],” Southgate told ITV. “There’s a lot of other players in the squad as well.
“We have competition for places, you saw them in two different roles today. I was pleased with the way we moved the ball.”
Jack Grealish and Jadon Sancho were further given free roles in the clash against Ireland – and Southgate was happy with the result.
“The two players in those roles, Jadon and Jack, have the freedom to go either side of the pitch and try and create overloads,” Southgate said. “At times, I thought both of them did really well.
“As soon as they turn and are running at people they are a problem for the opponent.”
Reflecting on the overall performance, Southgate said: “I was pleased with the way the boys played.
“We used the ball well, created chances and it could have been more comfortable had we taken some of those chances but overall very pleased.
“We were a bit slow at the start, which is understandable as it is not a team that has had a lot of time to work together, but as the game went on the interplay between our attacking tens and wing-backs was very good.”
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