Bryan Gunn’s son, Angus, could be in line for England debut against Brazil at Wembley

England manager Gareth Southgate “will not hesitate” to throw Angus Gunn, Dominic Solanke and Lewis Cook into action against Brazil.

The young trio have been drafted in for tonight’s friendly at Wembley and, after handing five players a senior bow in Friday’s goalless draw against world champions Germany, Southgate is again open to giving youth a chance.

Gunn is the son of former Aberdeen and Scotland goalkeeper Bryan Gunn. He was born in Norwich while his dad was playing at Carrow Road and opted to represent England. He currently plays for Norwich, on loan from Manchester City.

“It’s a very easy squad to settle in to,” said Southgate, right. “The senior players are very open, very welcoming. Most of the squad are young anyway so know each other from younger age groups. Those (three new) guys have fitted in off the field no problem which helps them to fit in on the field – and they’re good players, so in training they look fine.

“We have to see how the game progresses but I won’t have any hesitation in putting them on the pitch.

“Angus has worked with the under-21s with us, he’s playing in the league. The other two – captain of the Under-20 World Cup winners (Cook) and Golden Boot winner in the Under-20s World Cup (Solanke). They’ve got goodpedigree,andwe won’t hesitate to put them on the pitch.” Southgate, who confirmed Tottenham midfielder Eric Dier will keep the armband, hopes to expose some players to the pressures of a penalty shootout ahead of the World Cup.

He needs no reminding about England’s woe in shootouts, having missed the vital penalty in the heartbreaking Euro 96 semi-final defeat by Germany. Southgate said: “It’s about being able to execute a technique under pressure.

“In the beginning of that run very few matches went to penalty shootouts, it was a fairly unique experience, you didn’t face it very often with your club. You had four or five FA Cup games that went to replays instead of going to shootouts, so we were used to having hundreds of matches on boggy pitches but we weren’t used to being under that pressure.

“I played in a team that won a quarter-final on penalties. We had players who were regular penalty takers who executed their penalties brilliantly in the quarter-final and semifinal, so clearly it is the guys who aren’t used to that situation that then have to have a strategy to dealing with it. We have to have a plan for that.”