Tottenham Defender Kyle Walker Must Make Most of Pre-Euro 2016 England Chances

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Published: October 9, 2015

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Tottenham Hotspur's Andros Townsend and Kyle Walker were the ones to benefit from the inevitable withdrawals and injury doubts suffered by England's latest squad.

The concerns over Danny Ings and Wayne Rooney that prompted Townsend being drafted in to strengthen the attack have proved founded. Walker was a direct, known replacement for the injured John Stones.



Walker might have felt some annoyance at not being in the squad in the first place. Nathaniel Clyne is the only regular right-back in there with Stones among the versatile centre-backs manager Roy Hodgson has not been shy using on the flank. Yet given Walker's history with the national team, he will take any chance to get back involved and earn a place in the Euro 2016 squad.

Making his debut in the 1-0 friendly win over Spain in November 2011, Walker's first seven appearances all resulted in England wins (he started six of them).



Prior to England's penultimate UEFA European Championships qualifier versus Estonia, though, he has only represented his country a further four times. The opportunity to enjoy the more substantial international-career boost of playing in a major tournament has twice been robbed by injury.

Walker's current fight to regain his squad status stems from the latter of those disappointments—the pelvic injury that denied him a spot in the 2014 World Cup. Subsequent problems stopped him from playing at all until that November, although he then quickly re-established himself in the Tottenham team under his newest boss Mauricio Pochettino.

The long layoff left Walker clearly requiring time to feel his way back into things. Yet, he was playing well enough in Hodgson's eyes to be called up for March's friendly draw with Italy.

His second-half introduction produced a mixed showing as he sought to stifle the determined Italians pouring forward in search of a late winner. Naturally, th...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - International Football

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