Revealed: 46% of England fans want Lingard to be ditched for Loftus-Cheek
The core of Gareth Southgate’s England side has been well in place for a while, after he trialed the use of Dele Alli, Jesse Lingard and Raheem Sterling behind Harry Kane in an aggressive 3-1-4-2 formation.
The use of such attacking players may well be at odds with the approach of some other nations at the World Cup in Russia but it is a necessary move for England ahead of two games against deep defences in their opening two Group G matches against Tunisia and Panama.
However, a more conventional midfielder with guile may be useful to pick the lock so we put the conundrum to you whether Lingard, more of a number 10, should make way for Chelsea star Ruben Loftus-Cheek, who is more comfortable operating from deep.
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The Chelsea man performed impressively in England’s last pre-tournament friendly against Costa Rica, which has led 46 per cent of fans to call for Southgate to ditch Lingard and go with the raw Blues ace…