Only in a squad where synergy is everything could a midfielder who has barely featured rank as one its most important players
“A single priest often does the work of a thousand soldiers”
– Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens
It’s a couple of days before the start of Euro 2020 and the England squad are getting fitted for their team suits. Raheem Sterling arrives wordlessly, almost aloof, as if on some higher plane of consciousness. Jadon Sancho and Jude Bellingham argue about which of them looks more like a science teacher. Mason Mount gets distracted by his mate Declan Rice and ends up tying his tie far too short.
