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Against Montenegro and Kosovo, England can secure qualification for Euro 2020.

A win against either side will be enough to see them guarantee a spot at next year’s tournament. Although there has been an altercation between Raheem Sterling and Joe Gomez, which saw the former suspended for the first of those two clashes, there is still plenty of talent left in this Three Lions squad.

Liverpool have four representatives in Gareth Southgate’s now 26-man group. Trent Alexander-Arnold, Joe Gomez, Jordan Henderson and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are those to have been selected.

The latter two make up part of a five-man central midfield group quintet with Declan Rice, Fabian Delph and Harry Winks. Looking at these names, Oxlade-Chamberlain surely has to start.

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Rice, Delph, Winks and Henderson are all good players, but they don’t exactly exude creativity. Between them this campaign, they have 50 appearances in all competitions and have a grand total of one goal and one assist.

The former Gunner, meanwhile, has made 14 appearances, managing four goals, of which three have come in the Champions League.

Unfortunately, a serious injury prevented the 26-year-old from making more than four appearances last term, but during the 2017/18 season, he picked up five goals and eight assists. Between them, the rest registered two strikes and four assists.

Southgate has switched between a 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 formation during this qualification process, and the former has clearly been more effective. The latter set-up was used when the Three Lions lost their first qualifier in 10 years against the Czech Republic, and was also in place when they conceded three against Kosovo.

As such, the three central midfielders is far more effective. But surely it cannot be deployed if there is so little attacking threat.

This is where the man the Reds signed for £35m in 2017 comes in. Clearly, he carries a far stronger offensive threat, and that should complement the likes of Jadon Sancho and Harry Kane further forward.

Whilst two of those more defensive-minded players can feature, three would be far too pragmatic. As a result, Oxlade-Chamberlain must be given a chance by Southgate at Wembley on Thursday.