Solanke is Gareth’s go-to guy
GARETH SOUTHGATE sees Dominic Solanke as the solution to his striker crisis – but is worried about his lack of game time.
Liverpool’s Solanke, 20, has yet to make the bench for Jurgen Klopp’s team this season, a familiar problem for emerging stars.
England boss Southgate lacks back-up to first-choice centre-forward Harry Kane, with Manchester United kid Marcus Rashford and Arsenal’s Danny Welbeck starting against Switzerland this week.
Southgate has made it clear that he would rather look to the future than call up Watford’s Troy Deeney, Brighton’s Glenn Murray or Theo Walcott of Everton.
And he regards Solanke as a more likely prospect than Chelsea’s Tammy Abraham or Everton’s Dominic Calvert-Lewin.