{"id":617915,"date":"2022-09-16T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=617915"},"modified":"2022-09-16T11:34:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T15:34:29","slug":"gareth-southgate-manchester-united-duo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/16\/gareth-southgate-manchester-united-duo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Not Ideal\u2019 &#8211; England Manager Speaks on Manchester United Duo\u2019s Situation Ahead of World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>England manager <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/15\/gareth-southgate-announces-england-squad\/\" target=\"_self\">Gareth Southgate<\/a> has dubbed the lack of Premier League playing time for <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/15\/manchester-united-jude-bellingham-links\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> Duo <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/24\/manchester-united-harry-maguire-rotate-defenders\/\" target=\"_self\">Harry Maguire<\/a> and Luke Shaw as\u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/articles\/2022\/Sep\/15\/england-mens-senior-squad-named-for-italy-germany-nations-league-20221509\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not ideal<\/a>\u201d ahead of the forthcoming international break.<\/p>\n<p>Three United players received call-ups to the England squad on September 15; Maguire, Shaw and Dean Henderson. The latter is making his mark between the goalposts at Nottingham Forest, where he will stay until the end of the 2022\/2023 campaign.<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester United Duo\u2019s Lack of Game Time a Concern for England Manager<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gareth Southgate has named a 28-man squad for our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThreeLions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#ThreeLions<\/a>&#39; upcoming games against Italy and Germany:<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; England (@England) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/England\/status\/1570397071538020352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>They Have Not Started a League Game Since August 13<\/h3>\n<p>Both Shaw and Maguire have fallen out of favour in recent weeks at the club. They were named in the starting lineup for the first two matches of the season against Brighton &amp; Hove Albion and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/06\/leeds-united-manager-charged-by-fa\/\" target=\"_self\">Brentford<\/a>, which concluded with United ending the second game week 20th place in the Premier League. Even more concerningly for the defenders, the Red Devils conceded six goals across the 180 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/07\/erik-ten-hag-manchester-united-perform\/\" target=\"_self\">No One Is Safe &#8211; Erik Ten Hag Lays Down New Law at Manchester United This Season<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Consequently, Erik ten Hag opted to replace the Englishmen for their next fixture against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/06\/liverpool-jurgen-klopp-transfer-window-graded\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> with two new summer arrivals; <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/24\/lisandro-martinez-the-butcher\/\" target=\"_self\">Lisandro Martinez<\/a> and Tyrell Malacia. The Argentine was partnered alongside four-time Champions League winner Raphael Varane in a bid to keep Liverpool\u2019s ever-threatening attackers quiet during the fiery clash.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United\u2019s First Win Came Against Rivals<\/h3>\n<p>Despite a late goal by Mohamed Salah, United were able to claim the three points at Old Trafford thanks to the changes Ten Hag made. The back four looked like a trustworthy ensemble, so much so that Martinez was awarded Man of the Match for his remarkable performance.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New week. Same intensity levels. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MUFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#MUFC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rJBG1BwDXE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/rJBG1BwDXE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ManUtd\/status\/1569333038047236098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">September 12, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Ten Hag was so impressed with his squad\u2019s performance that the starting lineup remained unchanged for the following two games against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/04\/chelsea-romeo-latvia-rejected\/\" target=\"_self\">Southampton<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/11\/tottenham-hotspur-leicester-city-venue-change\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City<\/a>. Two 1-0 victories meant the Red Devils had secured their first clean sheets of the season, an element which they had struggled to obtain in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/premier-league-predictions\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League Predictions<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The only change on the team sheet against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/11\/arsenal-mikel-arteta-weaknesses\/\" target=\"_self\">Arsenal<\/a> was new arrival Antony in place of Anthony Elanga in attack. A debut goal from the Brazilian, as well as two from Marcus Rashford, ended the Gunner&#8217;s five-game unbeaten streak.<\/p>\n<h3>Manchester United Duo Will Represent England in September<\/h3>\n<p>England boss Southgate was able to overlook the two United stars\u2019 game-time and decided to give Shaw and Maguire the call-up to represent the Three Lions in their upcoming Nations League fixtures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/15\/gareth-southgate-announces-england-squad\/\" target=\"_self\">Star Striker Gets Debut Call Up \u2013 Gareth Southgate Announces England Squad<\/a><\/p>\n<p>When addressing his decision on the squad, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.englandfootball.com\/articles\/2022\/Sep\/15\/england-mens-senior-squad-named-for-italy-germany-nations-league-20221509\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he said<\/a>: \u201cClearly, we have a number of players including Ben Chilwell, Luke Shaw, Harry Maguire and Kalvin Phillips who are not playing a lot of minutes with their club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not ideal, but we feel they have been and can be, important players for us. It is not a perfect situation but there is still a lot of football to be played before Qatar.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Hectic Autumn Period Will Determine World Cup Call-Ups<\/h3>\n<p>The Manchester side will play 13 games in 42 days following a 17-day gap in between club games. The league will then come to a halt on November 13 for the World Cup and return on Boxing Day. This season, Ten Hag and his team will be primarily focusing on the league and likely using the early stages of their Europa League campaign to give regular first-team players a rest.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to see where the two Englishmen can force their way back into the starting eleven, especially with the success of the team when their alternatives are deployed. In the summer, Maguire and Shaw would have been two names certain to be on the plane to Qatar, but unless they\u2019re able to pick up significantly more competitive minutes, they could miss out entirely.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unlikely Southgate will utilise players who have only been used sparingly as substitutes, or in less competitive fixtures, for what could be a key tournament for the England manager.<\/p>\n<p>Maguire and Shaw will need to display impeccable form if they are to cement their names on the team sheet for both club and country in the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England manager Gareth Southgate has dubbed the lack of Premier League playing time for Manchester United Duo Harry Maguire and Luke Shaw as\u00a0\u201cnot ideal\u201d ahead of the forthcoming international break. Three United players received call-ups to the England squad on September 15; Maguire, Shaw and Dean Henderson. The latter is making his mark between the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4249,"featured_media":617931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,161,3],"tags":[443,1178,1139],"class_list":["post-617915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-international-football","category-premier-league","tag-gareth-southgate","tag-harry-maguire","tag-luke-shaw"],"modified_by":"Alex Morley, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}