Sir Alex Ferguson inspires Gareth Southgate on managing Jadon Sancho and Callum Hudson-Odoi

Gareth Southgate is taking a leaf out of Sir Alex Ferguson's book when it comes to nurturing England teenagers Jadon Sancho and Callum Hudson-Odoi.

After reaching the World Cup semi-finals and this summer's inaugural UEFA Nations League Finals, the Three Lions got 2019 off on the right foot by beating the Czech Republic 5-0 in Friday's Euro 2020 qualifier.
Borussia Dortmund winger Sancho dazzled with the opener, with fellow U17 World-Cup winner Hudson-Odoi and newly-eligible Declan Rice coming on for their debuts.
"We've got competition for places and I think with attacking players anyway they mature very young, and they can go in very young," said Southgate ahead of Monday's Group A clash in Montenegro.

"So it's not an issue to play them, and really we've found another player that we really liked [in Hudson-Odoi], but we weren't certain that he'd be able to adapt to this level, and we're a bit fortunate in finding him, in that we probably wouldn't have done that in this camp.




"We'd have given him a bit longer in the U21s. But already he's proved in this environment that he can more than cope."

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