Man City man not a 'genuine option' for Southgate in position despite 'outstanding' showing on debut

Manchester Metropolitan protector Rico Lewis is not a ‘wholehearted selection at vacated-back’ for England manager Gareth Southgate, according to a journalist.

Lewis rendered his England debut in Monday’s 1-1 draw versus North Macedonia.

He can have concurred a penalty on the night – a really frumpy resolution it was – but the Cityzens young pornographic executed really faultlessly in Skopje.

Subsequent the draw, Three Lions honcho Southgate declared Lewis’ was “stellar” wearing the sphere at his feet in an totality amount “immaculate” debut.

“His capability as well as after that his remarks to what I realize will conceivably have been a downer for him, but we’re not staring at him for being at duty in any kind of way,” he declared.

“His composure wearing the sphere was stellar as well as he have to be in reality proud because we are really, really jubilant wearing what he did.

“We questioned Rico throughout the totality arcade was immaculate,” he added. “Amazing composure, nice resilience.

“We didn’t feel he had anything to come back from but I realize sometimes as a gamer you can feel that.

“But we questioned there was zero wrongdoer activity, so we were jubilant wearing everything he did.”

Lewis has messed around as a proper-back, vacated-back as well as defensive midfielder under Pep Guardiola but Sky Sports journalist Rob Dorsett does not reckon he will conceivably be a ‘wholehearted selection’ in vacated-back, which is where he messed around versus North Macedonia.

‘I don’t reckon he is, zero,’ Dorsett declared when rendered misgivings if Lewis will conceivably be stressed as a vacated-back by Southgate.

‘I reckon he is an selection elsewhere in the squad. Southgate aesthetic attractions for flexibility as well as Lewis has obtained that in spades. He can dabble at proper-back, defensive midfield, Undoubtedly no 8, vacated-back.

‘But positionally, as well as I was resting in the gridiron last night in Skopje, he was with one voice over the place as well as Maguire was vessel for him rather a play sully as well as chatting to him rather a play sully.

‘That is totally zero objection of Lewis. I reckon he was stellar for England in the arcade. But he was not stellar as a vacated-back. The nice points he did were when he wandered into midfield as well as messed around added in that defensive midfield shindig that he has been messing around so faultlessly in for Manchester Metropolitan.

‘So, while I don’t reckon he’s a solution at vacated-back, I reckon he has a opportunity of lugging out the squad.

‘March will conceivably be a added-sizable camp for him, versus Belgium as well as Brazil. But I reckon he would be a nice addition because of his capacity as well as flexibility as well as in a similar way the personality he showed after yielding that wretched penalty.

‘He showed real maturation for a boy simply turning 19. He did not sulk, didn’t avail perturb. He was pro as well as uncanny for the rest of the arcade.

‘The situation at vacated-back is a woe. But Southgate will conceivably be damaging that he is not anxiously unlucky as well as Luke Shaw, Ben Chilwell as well as Levi Colwill are with one voice injured when it comes to the camp in March.’