Big Ben gets call for Southgate's squad
MIDDLESBROUGH defender Ben Gibson has received his first England call-up after the centre-back was brought in to replace the injured Chris Smalling.
It remains to be seen how Gareth Southgate will line-up his side for Sunday's clash with Lithuania having used three centre-backs in Germany on Wednesday, although with Gary Cahill suspended there is a lack of experience in defence.
Not that it should matter too much at Wembley against limited opponents as England look to maintain their strong start to World Cup qualification which has seen them collect ten points from the opening four matches.
Betway are 8-13 that England will go through the qualification process unbeaten, while Coral have opened a market on the next permanent Three Lions captain.
It has been reported that Southgate won’t go down that route but at some stage – maybe even as late as the World Cup finals – England will possibly have to name a skipper with injured forward Harry Kane the 10-11 favourite from Liverpool’s 3-1 poke Adam Lallana.
Kane’s Tottenham team-mate Dele Alli is a 10-1 shot but he received bad news after Uefa confirmed he will face a three-match European club ban for next season following his red card against Gent in the Europa League at Wembley last month.
