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But competition for places behind Kane is fierce. <\/p>\n
Danny Welbeck has scored seven goals for Brighton<\/a> this season – only one short of Calvert-Lewin – while Marcus Rashford has rediscovered his form at Barcelona. <\/p>\n Ivan Toney, currently at Saudi Pro League side Al-Ahli, was used as an impact substitute during Euro 2024.<\/p>\n But it is Aston Villa<\/a>‘s Ollie Watkins, fresh off his double that sunk Chelsea<\/a> on Saturday, who is currently ahead of Calvert-Lewin, according to Murphy. <\/p>\n “If you compare the two players, Watkins has the edge in terms of using his pace to stretch teams and get in behind,” he said.<\/p>\n “I’m not saying Calvert-Lewin doesn’t want to run in behind, because he does, but I think Watkins has the edge when it comes to speed.<\/p>\n “He also has the edge when it comes to making a meaningful impact at a major tournament. Calvert-Lewin made two substitute appearances at Euro 2020 but Watkins had that big moment by scoring the winner in the semi-final against the Netherlands at Euro 2024.<\/p>\n “He will also have a slight advantage in terms of understanding and relationships with the players in the current squad.”<\/p>\n Whether Calvert-Lewin will be with England next summer could hinge on how many specialist strikers Tuchel wants to have in his squad.<\/p>\n “Every player dreams of England and Calvert-Lewin has been in the squad before, scored goals and shown he is capable at that level, so will have that belief in himself,” Murphy added.<\/p>\n “I think it might come down to whether Tuchel takes two or three centre-forwards. If it is three, he definitely has a chance.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n #Dominic #CalvertLewin #Leeds #United #striker #conversation #Englands #World #Cup #squad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" But competition for places beh… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[242],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}