"Disgraceful" - NUFC fans fume as Southgate selects shock midfield trio ahead of Jonjo Shelvey
Gareth Southgate has picked his England squad for the upcoming World Cup and not only has Fabian Delph been picked over Shelvey for the 23-man squad, both Jake Livermore and Lewis Cook have been chosen over the NUFC midfielder as reserve options.
Call-ups for Dier, Henderson and Loftus-Cheek all seem justifiable to me, but including Delph - a player who's been in and out City's side as a left-back - is totally bizarre (CLICK HERE to see squad in full)
It gets worse though. Southgate's named five players who are on a five-man 'standby' list, and two include West Brom's Jake Livermore and Bournemouth's Lewis Cook. The latter is a talented player who's done well this season (albeit it nowhere near as talented as Jonjo), but picking Livermore is a disgrace.
Shelvey is excluded for alleged issues over his 'temperament and discipline', yet this is a player who stole a taxi on a recent club trip to Barcelona in the midst of West Brom's fight for survival!
NUFC fans are baffled and rightly so. Here's some reactions on social media to news that Delph, Livermore and Cook are in Southgate's plans ahead of Shelvey:
https://twitter.com/ZakStephenson__/status/996746866036494336
https://twitter.com/PhippsClark/status/996748982364856321
https://twitter.com/NUFC360/status/996739852568793089
https://twitter.com/BlackWhiteBarmy/status/996760245560016896
https://twitter.com/SimplyMitro/status/996740985962090496
https://twitter.com/danwhitepr/status/996760102165237761
